You know those billions of dollars of aid that the U.S. sends to Pakistan? Turns out most of it is in the form of untraceable cash transfers. Good luck accounting for most of that. Musharraf is a dictator, and that money flows to him. His military also is somewhat unusual in that it owns large segments of the Pakistan economy: banks, airlines, factories. It's a corrupt system through and through, designed to hold great power even during those rare times when it seems elected governments are running things.