The most shocking statistic is of how much support Al Qaeda has in Pakistan.
4% Americans regard Musharraf ‘very favourably’
Washington: As President Pervez Musharraf arrives in the United States, only four percent of Americans say they have a “very favourable” view of him, while 13 percent say they have never heard of him, according to a recent Pew Research Centre survey. The survey says that 23 percent have a “somewhat favourable” view of the Pakistani military leader, while 20 percent have a “somewhat unfavourable” view of him as against 12 percent whose view of him is “very unfavourable”. As many as 41 percent say they “do not know”. Generally, people in the largely Muslim nations surveyed are divided over whether suicide bombings and other violence against civilian targets are justified in order to defend Islam against its enemies. Forty-one percent of those interviewed in Pakistan said suicide attacks in the defence of Islam are justifiable. Forty-seven percent of Pakistanis who were surveyed said that Palestinian bombings against the Israelis are justifiable with 36 saying they are not. Six in 10 older Pakistanis saw suicide attacks against Americans in Iraq as justifiable, compared with just 44 percent of those who are younger. In Pakistan, there was also a significant gender gap in attitudes toward suicide attacks, with men roughly twice as likely as women to say such violence against Americans and other Westerners in Iraq is justifiable. Osama Bin Laden is viewed with almost universal disdain throughout the European nations surveyed as well as in Turkey, but the Al Qaeda leader is regarded favourably by 65 percent of Pakistanis. khalid hasan
Wait a minute. 27% of Americans have a somewhat to very favorable opinion of him. 32% have a somewhat to very unfavorable view of him. 41% are undecided. 13% said, "who???"
When you come right down to it, 27% favorable with 41% who can be persuaded one way or the other is pretty good. My guess is that this represents a vast improvement since Pres M decided to turn away from the Taliban.
according to the election in pakistan 99.9% of the electorate voted for him beat even dictators like Mubarak of egypt who only got 90% and saddam insane who who got 97%.
By the way if you did’nt already know 99.9% voted for bushraff before they had chance to vote anyway if you catch my drift
It is not surprising that this percentage is that low.
Musharraf's policies are design to ensure stability within Pakistan. His government doesn't sit around thinking "How can we make Americans happy".
Hence the government cover-up over Abdul Qadeer Khan. Hence the governments efforts to get Pakistanis released from Guantanamo Bay, despite several of the released guys showing up shooting at the Pak army months later. Hence the offensive in the FATA, which has led to a dramatic drop in attacks against minorities and innocents all over Pakistan.
