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No chance of radicals taking over Pakistan
| I think I have some idea of what Perv's been smoking. I wouldn't indulge, myself... |
 President General Pervez Musharraf said on Sunday that there was âno possibilityâ at all that radicals could take over Pakistan, especially in light of the recent local government elections.
| Ummm... Right. I think that's what they said just before the Bastille was stormed. And I'm sure Nikolas said something along those lines to Alexandra... |
| ... no possibility those rebels will fire at Fort Sumter; it's Federal property after all ... |
âThere is no doubt in my mind whatsoever that this country is a moderate country, and moderate forces have reasserted themselves, and religious forces have gone down,â the president said on CNN.
| Pakistan's "moderates" are occasionally somebody else's wild-eyed lunatics... |
Gen Musharraf rejected suggestions Pakistan was not doing enough to hunt down Osama Bin Laden, saying the countryâs intelligence organisations were unified with the military in battling terrorism and trying to find the Al Qaeda chief. âThey are my enemies,â he said of Al Qaeda. âQuite clearly, we are operating against them. And there is no doubt that we will keep operating against them. Iâm not scared of that.â
| They don't appear to be, either... |
Gen Musharraf defended his recent attempts to engage Israelâs government, saying most Pakistanis support his policy. âWhen we are talking to the Israelis and the Israeli foreign minister, or I address the Jewish congress, I am very clear that this is the strategic direction that Pakistan needs to take,â Musharraf said. âThe vast majority of Pakistanis, the media, the intelligentsia, the masses, have all accepted this. Nobody is questioning me at all.â
| "Except for the turban and automatic weapons set, of course..." |
Posted by: Fred 2005-11-14 |
