"If that strategy were going to work it would have done so in four years."
They admit that Bush has lost it.
It seems understandable that a nation might have it's own best interests at heart, the welfare of it's own citizens as primary, rather than supporting a rich nation's agenda at it's own expense. I suppose though, that someone elses selfishness might seem unreasonable when it gets in the way of our own.
"The February election was widely viewed as a repudiation of President Pervez Musharraf, and the new government claims it as a mandate to reverse all of his policies — including his support for the U.S. war on terror."