Well, as long as he makes the trains run on time
Musharraf' declares martial law in Pakistan, suspends the country’s Constitution, fires the chief justice of the Supreme Court, shuts down TV stations, jails opposition.....
Boy, the Bush administration did a bang-up job of bringing democracy to Pakistan with ten billion of our tax dollars, didn't they?
When do we start bombing the nuke holding, democracy hating, terrorist bastard?
Never...he's OUR nuke holding, democracy hating, terrorist bastard.
Seriously, if the Bushies had done their homework about this part of the world we might not have another fiasco flying out of Bush's Pandora's Box, another Bush Middle East Mis-estimation.
Because if Musharraf holds on to a pure military dictatorship, Pakistan will probably spin right out of control.
From the Washington Post:
"ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 5 -- Pakistan's government on Sunday executed a nationwide crackdown on the political opposition, the news media and the courts, one day after President Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency rule and suspended the constitution.
"ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 5 -- Pakistan's government on Sunday executed a nationwide crackdown on the political opposition, the news media and the courts, one day after President Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency rule and suspended the constitution.
Police throughout the country raided the homes of opposition party leaders and activists, arresting at least 500. Top lawyers were also taken into custody, and 70 activists were detained at the offices of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan in the eastern city of Lahore.
Police confiscated the equipment of journalists covering the raid and ordered them to leave the premises. All independent television news stations remained off the air for a second straight day. The prime minister, meanwhile, said that elections could be delayed for up to a year. [..]"
Lest you think only terrorists are being rounded up, Asma Jahangir, an outstanding woman human rights activist has been jailed. But she smuggled a message out to The Independent of London just before she was taken to prison.
Jahangir wrote: “....Ironically President Musharraf ...said that he had to clamp down on the press and the judiciary to curb terrorism. Those he has arrested are progressive, secular-minded people while the terrorists are offered negotiations and ceasefires.”
Here we have the US promoting democracy in Iraq, a country with no nuclear weapons, and promoting a dictatorship in Pakistan...which has the bomb.
But... any moment now...our democracy loving President will make a bold and forthright statement in response to all this freedom squelching. Yesiree, Musharraf will know in no uncertain terms that the President will brook no opposition to the spreading of freedom throughout the world.
Any moment now...eventually...pretty soon now......
<crickets chirping>
Ah well, at least Bush can give Musharraf some tips on a "Mission Accomplished" speech ... maybe even lend him his pilot costume ... pointing out how manly and heroic it'll make his 'stuff' look.
