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. >> but i think that during the visit with president obama, mr. sharif attempted to try to create a sort of a new basis for partnership, and the americans obliged, approved $1.3 billion, et cetera, but is the old pattern and in that old pattern things will not move smoothly, the americans think that just by giving aid they will get pakistan to change. that won't happen. and the pakastanis think they can continue to tap the american treasury without changing, and i don't see that happening either. so what we will see is fits and starts on certain things pakastani leaders will be cooperative and others they won't. >> rose: we conclude this evening with pavel khodorkovsky, the son of the former russian billionaire now in prison. >> my father sees himself as a person who went back to russia out of principle. he knew perfectly well that he would be arrested. he sees himself as a person who went to jail because of his convictions. whether in the long-term it is going to be perceived as one of the dissident, dissident stories is going to be up to seat. >
. >> but i think that during the visit with president obama, mr. sharif attempted to try to create a sort of a new basis for partnership, and the americans obliged, approved $1.3 billion, et cetera, but is the old pattern and in that old pattern things will not move smoothly, the americans think that just by giving aid they will get pakistan to change. that won't happen. and the pakastanis think they can continue to tap the american treasury without changing, and i don't see that...
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mr. mehsud is dead. is >> woodruff: so tell us who he was and what was his role in the taliban? >> well, pakistani -- hakimullah mehsud took over as the leader of the taliban in 2009 after his predecessor, a man called bit tuul la mehsud was kille killedn american drone strike. and he was a young -- a very charismatic and in some ways flamboyant leader but he also had a very ruthless streak. under him, the pakistani taliban carried out attacks across pakistani cities and, indeed, had launched one attack in the united states, the attempted suicide bombing in times square of may, 2010, was carried out by a man who said that he'd been trained by the pakistani taliban and, indeed, who said he was motivated by the drone strike campaign in the tribal bets to carry out that attack. a drone strike campaign that has now claimed one of its biggest prizes, really, in the death of mr. mehsud. >> woodruff: how big a loss is this for the taliban? >> difficult to say at this stage. after his predecessor
mr. mehsud is dead. is >> woodruff: so tell us who he was and what was his role in the taliban? >> well, pakistani -- hakimullah mehsud took over as the leader of the taliban in 2009 after his predecessor, a man called bit tuul la mehsud was kille killedn american drone strike. and he was a young -- a very charismatic and in some ways flamboyant leader but he also had a very ruthless streak. under him, the pakistani taliban carried out attacks across pakistani cities and, indeed,...
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. >> so this contradiction is mr. sharif's greatest weakness. >> when you look at pakistan today, ma sure raffles is, new sharif is. >> he has been released. >> rose: i read that that's what i was coming to, he is released is he going to go back to london or stay -- .. >> if i were advising the general which i have never tried to do we are not friends because i don't agree with military rule, i don't think somebody should take overpower in a military coup and the title of my book is "magnificent delusions", general sharif always has delusions of grandeur and just because he took part in a military coup he also must be very popular, and that is why he returned to pakistan. by returning, of course, there are risks because there are all of these criminal charges against him. now i think the best thing for him to do would be to get out of pakistan, because he is definitely not safe there. on the other hand, i don't see a political future for him because all politics is local and mr. musharraf doesn't have a power base at
. >> so this contradiction is mr. sharif's greatest weakness. >> when you look at pakistan today, ma sure raffles is, new sharif is. >> he has been released. >> rose: i read that that's what i was coming to, he is released is he going to go back to london or stay -- .. >> if i were advising the general which i have never tried to do we are not friends because i don't agree with military rule, i don't think somebody should take overpower in a military coup and the...
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. >> host: you said in your book when sharif was mr. -- >> guest: he was and he turned around and said look americans that are redact history. and as long as we can satisfy them on the images can concerned they are going to look too deep. >> host: they always find somebody to defend. >> guest: we can always find somebody in washington dc who would be willing to lobby for us and to agree with us and to support us. it's all about finding the right price and the right people. i have minutes of those meetings that i have cited and it gives a window not only on the u.s. pakistan relationship. i sometimes think that this is working on the u.s. pakistan relationship and it's also made me understand some of the weaknesses in america's foreign policy how the decisions are made. i often say that it is the only nation in the world where when you see that history, what you really mean is that it is irrelevant. but in other nations in their case it is not irrelevant. history matters. and history actually illustrates a path for the future. >> host: let's hope that people in the administration will l
. >> host: you said in your book when sharif was mr. -- >> guest: he was and he turned around and said look americans that are redact history. and as long as we can satisfy them on the images can concerned they are going to look too deep. >> host: they always find somebody to defend. >> guest: we can always find somebody in washington dc who would be willing to lobby for us and to agree with us and to support us. it's all about finding the right price and the right...