Once again, Shaheen Sehbai’s analysis has been proven wrong. With so many errors, one must begin to wonder if the problem is his sources, his analysis, or his personal agenda clouding his reason. Whatever the cause, he continues to be proven incorrect in his analysis. This time, Mr. Sehbai’s predictions about falling US support for the Zardari government have been cut down by the Americans themselves.

Following Secretary Clinton’s October 2009 trip to Pakistan, Shaheen Sehbai wrote that President Zardari’s time in office was limited and that “the Americans have pulled the rug” from under his support. Mr. Sehbai quoted a number of anonymous people saying that Mr. Zardari had lost his support with the Americans, and that even Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had “her entire perceptions changed.”

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