By the summer of 2008, both the West and India were facing a Pakistan again in the grip of chaos, its border areas in Islamist hands and its ISI out of the control of the elected civilian government. The prospects of an implosion of effective governmental authority in Pakistan are strong, and the consequences would be dire.
到了2008年夏天，西方和印度都面临巴基斯坦再一次陷入混乱动荡的局面，其边境地区陷入伊斯兰分子手中，而经选举产生的文官政府则对联合情报部门束手无策。有效的政府权威消亡的可能性很大，而其后果将会十分严重。但是，当穆沙拉夫辞职的时候，他已经无可奈何花落去了。