Pakistan's president faced fresh calls to step down Thursday after the Supreme Court struck down an amnesty that had protected the increasingly unpopular leader and several of his political allies from corruption charges.http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-12-16-pakistan-president-amnesty_N.htm
The decision late Wednesday sharpened political tensions in the nuclear-armed nation just as the United States and its other Western allies want it to unite and fight against al-Qaeda and Taliban militants based along the Afghan border.
While it is generally agreed that President Asif Ali Zardari has immunity from prosecution as president, his opponents now plan to challenge his eligibility to hold the post. Zardari and his aides say any corruption charges against him are politically motivated and that he will not step down.
Why do we continue to bet our security (and the lives of our soldiers) on corrupt foreign leaders doomed to failure?
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