Musharraf tells U.S.: Stay out of Pakistan

[gateley]

(Did anybody see this? Man, it just gets worse. God knows what plans Bush has for Pakistan today, and now he's ALSO ringing the alarm about Iran again.)

What say you, candidates? This is important.


ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has made it clear that a U.S. military mission to capture Osama bin Laden or other top al Qaeda leaders on Pakistani soil would be unwelcome and "against the sovereignty of Pakistan."

President Musharraf told the Singapore Straits Times that his military has the experience to operate in the mountainous terrain near the Afghan border and if the United States went in they would "regret that day."

The New York Times reported last Sunday that the Bush administration is considering expanding covert operations in the western part of Pakistan to shore up support for Musharraf's government and to find bin Laden and his second in command, Ayman al-Zawahiri.

"Nobody will come here until we ask them to come and we haven't asked them," Musharraf told the Strait Times this week.

Strait Times reporter Anthony Paul asked Musharraf: "If the Americans came, would you treat that as an invasion?"

"Certainly," Musharraf said. "If they come without our permission, that's against the sovereignty of Pakistan."

more.... http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/12/pakistan.us/index.html

[Hydra]

1. *wink, wink, nudge, nudge*

I've heard we're there already. Not hunting Bin Ladin, of course. If he wasn't dead, he'd still be on our payroll.

The fact that Musharraf is claiming we aren't there killing people is popcorn worthy.

[havocmom]

2. How long before PNACers decide Musharraf is more dangerous than Saddam

and invade?

Thinkin' any nation along the route of desired oil and gas pipelines is just S.O.L.

Osama? Osama bin Excuse for a lot of aggressive occupation/colonization by Big Energy

[Hydra]

3. Musharraf is our boy

as long as he does what we tell him to, he can feel free to do anything he wants. If he has to pretend that he won't let us in to placate his subjects, Bushco understands. They let us have fake elections, after all.

[havocmom]

4. Saddam was our boy too

That's the point. "our boy" will just about always turn on us and need some expensive discipline.

[gateley]

5. havocmom -- EXCELLENT point about Saddam. Check this out:

This is what Biden said in an article published today:

....Biden said, was badly misplaced, while administration officials failed to recognize that Pakistan was stumbling toward chaos, with the potential for creating a radicalized Muslim nation with a formidable nuclear arsenal.

"Unless we straighten this out pretty quickly, I predict you're going to see the subcontinent of India become the most dangerous place in the world, on a hair trigger, for the next decade," Biden said.

http://www.delmarvanow.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080113/NEWS01/80113005/1002


I trust Biden's take on this. And I'm interested to hear his take on Bush's latest "Iran is a threat statement".

[havocmom]

9. And how fast will the PNACers have to move to protect all the Corporate interests

All those outsourced facilities in India? Sure, those enterprises CAN be moved from India, just like they were moved from the US, but it starts getting costly even then. And the global corporations need a bit of time to make moves.

The US military is presently being used to make life easier in some big board rooms. I don't see any quick end to THAT abuse of the troops.

[Occam Bandage]

6. Musharraf is still our boy. He's posturing to keep the domestic heat off him.

[havocmom]

8. Yes, but for how long? Thus my question. How long before we have to take him out?

It is just about a sure thing it will happen as some point. Tin Pot Dictators put in by the US usually get the idea they are in charge and have to be removed.

Happens over and over all over the globe. When the US interferes and puts in a 'strong man' to maintain the status quo, the strong man gets to thinking he should have a bigger cut and/or he gets so nasty with his own people that all hell breaks loose.

History.

[gateley]

10. Yep. That's our history, all right. nt

[Eurobabe]

7. And don't go stirrin' up trouble gettin' the UN to investigate Bhutto's death

Pervez is becoming transparent these days isn't he?