Freedom's on the march!

George W. Bush, looking into Musharraf's soul -- last year:

"We spent a lot of time discussing democracy in Pakistan, and I believe democracy is Pakistan's future," Bush said, standing alongside Musharraf, who took power in a 1999 coup.

And how's that coming?

Pakistan's government has continued its crackdown on pro-democracy activists following further protests.

Police rounded up more than 100 people demonstrating after President Pervez Musharraf suspended the constitution and imposed emergency rule on Saturday.

Around 50 lawyers were arrested in the eastern city of Lahore as they tried to assemble on the premises of the provincial high court.

UPDATE

Zachriel writes in comments:

Glenn Reynolds: "WHY IS THE WORLD MORE CONCERNED with Musharraf's coup than with Hugo Chavez's emerging dicatatorship? Because enemies of the United States, like Chavez, get a pass."

Maybe it's because Pakistan has the nuke, neighbors a country that the U.S. is occupying, and is at a major cultural fissure that has led to violent upheavals in the recent past.

Indeed.