Western reaction to the Emergency [merged]

Re: Musharraf and the West - endgame? [split: Extremism needs a political solution]

I don't "know", but am just inferring. Reasons being, Pakistan has been under a dictatorship all these years anyway, so how much 'freedom' and 'rights' can be left to be lost to an emergency? I will give you some examples of things he has been able to do without 'emergency':

  • change constitution at will to suit him
  • file and withdraw cases against bhutto to suit their personal deal
  • send in Paksitan air force to bomb Pakistan!

So what is the difference to awam working for their daily rkm?