Alert Bill Frist Musharraf must be Trying to Sell a Book (....or maybe nuclear secrets...) From Hesiod comes the story of how Pakistani's President fully agrees with Richard Clarke's analysis on Iraq and its negative impact on the War on Terror. In an interview he it is reported: Asked if the US-led Iraq war has been a distraction from the battle against Al Qaeda and Taleban remnants by diverting resources from Afghanistan and Pakistan, Musharraf replied: “Yes indeed”.