After Musharraf, U.S. Struggles to Find New Pakistan Ally Against Taliban

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- Hide quoted text ----------- Forwarded message ----------From: barry levine <levinebar@gmail.com>Date: Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 4:48 PMSubject: After Musharraf, U.S. Struggles to Find New Pakistan Ally Against TalibanTo: letters@nytimes.com

- Hide quoted text -To the Editor: It is important that we know the players in Pakistan's politics. The focus on personalities however feeds America's dirty habit of relating to people and not to governments. It is governments that make wars and treaties and alliances and laws. For too long the U.S. has backed leaders we deem friendly over their own constituents. The world will be safer for Democracy when the U.S. starts respecting voters, in Pakistan as much as here at home.Barry Levine