CNN News: Reports on the meeting between the President Obama and the Presidents of Pakistan and Afghanistan. It could be argued that the USA has two Diem's on its hands, weak leaders, who are split between keeping the support of the USA and keeping their Conservative Base happy. Neither Afghanistan or Pakistan are San Francisco Liberals. In some respects they face the problems faced by new Government in Russia after 1917, they had to have Western support but the people wanted to end the War. Something had to give, it was the Government and the World had to put up with the USSR from 1917 - 1991. Thus Obama has to be careful in how much he pushes these weak Presidents. At the end of the day, both nations might need a strong man as leader, Democracy might have to wait in the long term.
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