Well the opposition parties have hammered out a deal to try and impeach Pakistans leader, and long time US ally in the region, Pervez Musharraf.

It is very easy to be critical of this man, he has done lots of very dodgie stuff, but can you even begin to imagine the pressures of ruling a country full of such diverse, and volatile elements?

The destabilisation of the world's only muslim nuclear state, would have potentially tumultuous effects in the region.

It is impossible for this to be contained as a solely domestic issue, the world has far too much at stake to sit back and watch a bunch of rat crazy jihadists make a pitch for nuclear capability.

Fasten your seatbelts, it could be a bumpy ride.

I've never heard of a dictator getting impeached before.

Even though you and I would question the validity of his status, he IS the president of Pakistan, so he IS impeachable.

He has been an ally of sorts to the US, and he is undoubtedly not your average guy next door, but what is most pertinent is, what will happen to Pakistan, should this dictator be toppled.

Who will fill the power vacuum?

Pakistan would have to rank as one of the hardest places to predict what may happen, it is an Islamic country, it is home to numerous terrorist groups, it has a large number of extremely militant muslims, and it has nuclear weapons.

Does anyone think that the US, or India, or China, will just sit back and let the loony fundamentalists take control?

If that even looks remotely possible, we could see a massive escalation of conflict in the region.

Islam wants to be left to run it's own affairs, but who in their right mind would want to see that happen with the current influence which fundamentalist extremists are having on the actions and attitudes of the greater muslim populations of the world?

A bit like the monkey with the machine gun, you do not know exactly what will happen, but you are fairly certain it will not be good.