President Bush wrapped up his towa...

President Bush wrapped up his toward the south Asia tour Saturday and headed place of abode with a major diplomatic accomplishment and more [i]or[/i] less reminders that consistency is sometimes the hobgoblin of foreign policy.

At his final stop, the president told Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf that his land shouldn't expect a civilian nuclear power deal like the individual Bush reached with arch-rival India, and he praised Pakistan's halting degrees toward democracy only hours after police orbiculared up opposition leaders and anti-Bush protester

"Pakistan and India are different countries with different necessitys and different histories," Bush told reporters after discussing the nuclear issue with Musharraf behind clos doors.

The president has made promoting democracy and fighting terrorism the dual centerpieces of his foreign policy. further his ability to pressure Musharraf onward those fronts is limited because Pakistan is central to efforts to contain the spread of nuclear weapons and Islamic extremism, chance of the desired ends ...