I am not sure this question has been worded correctly, though I do understand that that is entirely intentional. The implication here is that the problems Musharraf has today are mostly because he has been such a "stalwart" ally of the U.S. It would then follow that if he moderated, or nuanced his pro-U.S. policy, or even made a complete turnaround --which is not so impossible -- things would change for him. The protesting mobs would disappear and the current mood of anger and revulsion that cuts such a wide swathe in Pakistani society, from the Islamist clergy to Karachi's corporate aristocracy and Lahore's intellectual left chic, would return to appreciation of Musharraf's honeymoon years.

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