I have often thought that teaching history in school is a waste of time. No one learns anything from the events of the past and the same stupidities get repeated over and over resulting in civil unrest or war with consequent destruction of lives and property. This time it is Pakistan. Musharraf thought he was too clever and pretended to be against Islamic terrorists while encouraging them to infiltrate into India and plant bombs. Americans had helped shape the Taliban phenomenon to trouble the Russians and are still paying the price. Americans have a long history of encouraging dictators such as Saddam Hussein and are now reaping the rewards. All this was happening right on Musharraf's doorstep but he thought he could get US money for helping the war on terror and support of the Islamic parties for killing innocent Indians for no reason. He may have to pay a heavy price. Will other countries learn from this. I do not think so. Even at this moment China is protecting the regime in Burma and will not support any sanctions against Iran. They are busy giving no-strings aid to dictators in Africa so as to get their hands on scarce minerals and oil. They are probably the largest investors in Sudanese oil industry and will block any sanctions on Khartoum regardless of the number of people dying in Darfour. They must be feeling pretty smug about their growng economy and power but they will surely pay in the future. The sooner that happens better for India.