As long as the Pakistani Army continues to view India as an existential threat and maintains its grip over security policy, the twain may never achieve permanent peace.
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Musharraf has a few days to decide whether he wants to become part of the above, salvage some respect, and voluntarily give up power. Or he could remain the major wound that must be dealt with before the healing of Pakistan can begin.
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Pakistan's focus on military muscle weakens social cohesion and makes the state increasingly ungovernable. It has become a dysfunctional state, a tinderbox that may not light up for years, but could also go up in flames in an instant.
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Muslim leaders and intellectuals find it easier to criticize outsiders - the US, in the case of Iraq - for harm inflicted on fellow Muslims. But what about the suffering caused by fellow believers?
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