Emerging State Of Emergency

If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, wears epulets like a duck, then it's probably a duck. This is essentially the feeling I got from hearing that President General Pervez Musharraf said Wednesday that he expects to quit as chief of Pakistan's army by the end of November, heralding a return to civilian rule. No word on whether or not he'll still get to keep that "General" in his title, but one expects that it might send the wrong message.
But really, what does this change? Yes, he has started appearing in public in a very sharp business suit rather than his traditional military uniform, but do clothes really make the dictator? My mind drifts to the many guises of one Saddam Hussein. Sure he favored his beret and fatigues, but when he wanted to, he could be quite the snappy dresser. How he dressed had very little to do with how and when he used nerve agents on his own people. That's just the kind of guy he was.
Since November third, when he declared a state of emergency and suspended the constitution of his country, Musharraf has become increasingly isolated. "I take decisions in Pakistan's interest and I don't take ultimatums from anyone." Check. Roger on that whole ultimatum thing. Meanwhile, President Pinhead continues to count Musharraf as a trusted ally, with no end in sight to the military gravy train that has poured for years into Pakistan.
I suppose that if things don't work out for the President/General/Czar with his background in removing judges, suspending constitutions, and rigging elections that the Republican Party would be happy to have a replacement for Weasel for Life Karl Rove.