A little mister of a fart, that's all:
"Timetable expected from Musharraf; President, now a civilian, to slate eased rules today" by Pamela Constable/Washington Post November 29, 2007
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistani troops reported important gains against radical Islamic insurgents in the far north's Swat Valley. The military said 220 militants were killed and troops seized key ground. The Swat Valley gains announced yesterday were rare news of a major advance by the army there."
Rare news of anything up there, never mind the war.
Wow, 220 dead! That's a lot!
"For Musharraf, Reduced Power as the President" by CARLOTTA GALL and JANE PERLEZ
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 28 — One indication of the mood is a letter that 20 former generals, air marshals and admirals, including Talat Masood, a former general and political analyst, sent this week to President Musharraf calling on him to resign as head of state as well as chief of the army.
Mushy is on his way out soon!
They called on him to lift the emergency and restore the Constitution, withdraw curbs on the news media and release political prisoners. Imposing the emergency as chief of army staff was bringing the armed forces into disrepute, they said.
Yeah, if he's bringing the army into disrepute, he's done!
Mr. Masood: “The actions he is taking are really detrimental to the state.”
They had encouraged other countries to interfere in Pakistan’s affairs, specifically Saudi Arabia and the United States, in a way they never had before, and caused Pakistan to lose international respect, he said. He also criticized Mr. Musharraf for suggesting that Pakistan’s nuclear weapons would not be safe if he were not in power, which he said was simply untrue.
Though no longer in control of the army, Mr. Musharraf will retain some levers of influence within the military and the intelligence services, like his personal relationship with Gen. Nadeem Taj, the head of the Inter-Intelligence Services, officials said.
Yet other officials said that even with the extra powers given to the president in recent years, such as chairing the National Security Council, real power resides with the army chief. Unlike the American system, a civilian president in Pakistan is titular head of the armed forces.
How is that unlike AmeriKa and its commander-in-chief? Pffffftttt!
A series of high-handed actions turned Mr. Musharraf from a popular domestic figure and a trophy of sorts for Washington — he signed up to the fight against terrorism immediately after 9/11 — to an embattled leader at home and an increasing embarrassment for the Bush administration.
Oh, so Mushy was one of Bush's TROPHIES, huh?
That really will go over well with proud Pakistanis!
President Bush, in an interview with Wolf Blitzer on CNN’s “The Situation Room,” said he appreciated that Mr. Musharraf had “kept his word” to step down as military chief:
“I also hope that he enhances Pakistani democracy, and taking off his uniform is a strong first step. And having elections that are out from underneath the emergency law would be a clear signal that he has put Pakistan back on the road.”
Then you better be leaving, too, asshole!
And how come the MSM papers didn't report on the Iranian comments?
Bush says US will support Israel if Iran attacks
They are something, aren't they, readers?
And what if Israel attacks Iran, then what?
And WTF, no war report, Times?
Pffffffftttttt!
