I received more good news this morning.... Word is that Musharraf's army is losing ground to insurgents in western Pakistan. That, of course, happens to be the area where I'm hiding.

This is wildly amusing, especially since Musharraf has tried to justify his emergency powers by saying he need a free hand to battle Islamic radicals.... Or as I prefer to call them, "my buddy list."

Things are definitely looking up for me in Pakistan. Pervez Musharraf is slowly losing his grip on the country. A few weeks ago, it was former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto who returned to Pakistan and immediately began to fire up her supporters. And today yet another former prime minister returned. This time it was Nawaz Sharif, the man Musharraf replaced in a 1999 coup.

These developments are both very significant since Musharraf has already said he will resign from the army and rule Pakistan as a civilian. But with two popular opponents back in the country, that may no longer be possible for Musharraf since he's unlikly to win any elections.

With Pakistan so fractured, it can only lead to more political turmoil. That present the Taliban with a golden opportunity to move in and take control. And since Pakistan already has nuclear weapons, well, I may just end up feeling like an infidel kid on Christmas morning.