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Keith Olbermann speaks with Hillary Mann Leverett, former National Security Director for Iran and the Persian Gulf, on how the Bush Administration's ham-handed and ignorant handling of Pakistan's political turmoil has brought even more instability to the Middle East... a major problem if you need them as an ally in your "War on Terror."

This administration has not only given only a surface, very cursory stamp of approval and support to President Musharraf, but we have then sought to undermine him across the board. So we have neither propped up an effective dictator in the "War on Terrorism," nor have we presented or worked for an alternative to stabilize Pakistan, which is one of the most important countries in the "War on Terror:" the second largest Muslim population in the world and a country that does possess nuclear weapons.