1.0link129780<![CDATA[Major Gaffe: McCain Said Pakistan Was a Failed State]]>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/max-bergmann/major-gaffe-mccain-said-p_b_129780.htmlMcCain just badly misstated the history of Pakistan. For someone claiming extensive foreign policy knowledge, this is simply not acceptable. McCain said Pakistan was a failed state before President Musharraf came to power. That is not true.
Musharraf took power in a military coup in 1999 when he diposed Nawaz Sharif - who recently participated in the latest election. The coup followed the 1999 war in Kashmir with India and was due to a power struggle with Sharif, not due...