Special Article.

(From The Statesman (India))

Bush & Mush Can The Team Survive? By Rajinder Puri President Musharraf's dismissal of Pakistan's Supreme Court Chief Justice, Iftikhar Chaudhary, might well be the last straw. There is speculation that the Bush administration is already contemplating a post-Musharraf Pakistan. But with or without Musharraf the problem confronting Pakistan will remain. It is likely to reach flashpoint this spring when the Taliban are expected to launch a major offensive. So let us focus primarily on the problem confronting Pakistan. At the risk of appearing outrageously presumptuous , this scribe proposes actually to proffer advice to President Bush and President Musharraf. As things are, both leaders seem reeling. With passage of time both will inevitably demit office. But is it still possible that they could depart as winners, not losers? US vested interest Starting with the second term of President Bush, this column forecast a shift in US policies. Recalling efforts by past second-term US Presidents to break the stranglehold …