Bush To Musharraf: "Take Off Your Uniform"

President Tells Pakistani Leader To Quit Army Post And Hold Elections

(AP)  President Bush personally told Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf Wednesday that he must hold parliamentary elections and relinquish his post as head of his country's army.

"You can't be the president and the head of the military at the same time," Mr. Bush said, describing a telephone call with Musharraf. "I had a very frank discussion with him."

Mr. Bush revealed the call to Musharraf during an appearance with French President Nicolas Sarkozy at Mount Vernon, the Virginia home of the first U.S. president, George Washington.

Since Musharraf declared emergency rule on Saturday, the White House has faced repeated questions about why Mr. Bush was taking a relatively soft line against Musharraf for the crackdown and had not spoken directly to the Pakistani leader, a man he has called a friend he trusts.

"My message was that we believe strongly in elections, and that you ought to have elections soon, and you need to take off your uniform," Mr. Bush said.

Sarkozy agreed on the need "to have elections as quickly as possible" in Pakistan.

Careful not to go too far in rebuking a close anti-terrorism ally, the Bush administration's response to Musharraf's actions has been mild. It stands in sharp contrast to the administration's tougher stance taken when Myanmar's military regime cracked down on pro-democracy protesters in September, for instance.

"There is a difference," Mr. Bush said. "Pakistan has been on the path to democracy. Burma hasn't been on the path to democracy. It requires different tactics to achieve the common objective."

On Capitol Hill, Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said Musharraf is an "indispensable" ally in the U.S.-led war on terrorism and that "partnership with Pakistan and its people is the only option."

In prepared testimony, Negroponte also told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that administration officials "strongly disagree" with Musharraf's crackdown on his political opponents.

"We strongly counseled against emergency rule, but Pakistan's leadership did not follow our advice," Negroponte said.

While he acknowledges an ongoing review of U.S. aid to Pakistan in light of the crisis, Negroponte does not announce any changes to U.S. policy.

Musharraf "has been indispensable in the global war on terror, so indispensable that extremists and radicals have tried to assassinate him multiple times," Negroponte said. "The bottom line is, there's no question that we Americans have a stake in Pakistan."

Negroponte also urged Musharraf to follow through with commitments to convene elections and relinquish his position as Army chief.

"The current state of emergency calls into question these commitments, but we should work to achieve their fulfillment, not preemptively write them off," he said.

[missingamerica]

Ron Paul this, Ron Paul that.

For a man who supposedly believes in the will of the people, he and his advocates surely are quick to preach the destruction of the government that the will of the people built.

I''m starting to think RuPaul has a million internet nicknames.

[brianbwb-2009]

"We are here to tell them it is never "OK". No matter what the circumstance. We are here to tell them that our founding fathers were right, and the Republicans and Democrats are wrong." Posted by SearingTruth

That statement is about as searing a truth as truth can sear brother, and points to the fact that there really is no difference, both parties have corrupted their cores, and I fear the result will become violently apparent soon, and not from foreign terrorists...

[crater7]

WILL SOMEONE TELL DUBYA TO TAKE OFF THAT HALLOWEEN CLOWN MASK?

OOPS! IT''S NOT A MASK. SORRY.

WAKE UP AMERICA............

[searingtruth]

" ... The problem is that when the president (whoever he is at the time) says we aren''''t torturing or murdering anyone, enough of the sycophants drown out the voices of truth, and as a result, most actually believe we aren''''t torturing anyone.

As for murder, the Bush klan just calls them "terrorists", or "enemy combatants", and then the American public won''''t see it as murder. ..."
brianbwb


Fellow patriot, while it may be of little comfort, know that your foresight and frustration are, historically, common amongst free people in the midst of a bloodless coup.

Many Americans are now actually discussing whether or not extra judicial abduction, indefinite detention without charge or representation, universal surveillance, and the torture and murder of anonymous citizens by their government is "OK".

We are here to tell them it is never "OK". No matter what the circumstance. We are here to tell them that our founding fathers were right, and the Republicans and Democrats are wrong.

We are here to preserve our nation so that our children may grow up in the same wondrous nation as we did.

We are here to defend to America.

Thank you fellow patriot.
ST


"Who will fight, when surrender is of more comfort?"
SearingTruth

A Future of the Brave - www.searingtruth.com

[brianbwb-2009]

For a minute there CBS wouldn''t recognize my sig, or password, I wonder whose toes I am stepping on?

I have always been curious, and wondered, who the American people thought were torturing and murdering in our name."
SearingTruth

The problem is that when the president (whoever he is at the time) says we aren''t torturing or murdering anyone, enough of the sycophants drown out the voices of truth, and as a result, most actually believe we aren''t torturing anyone.

As for murder, the Bush klan just calls them "terrorists", or "enemy combatants", and then the American public won''t see it as murder.

[trillion1]

And no Mission Accomplished banner!

[searingtruth]

"And so, just as Hitler and Stalin before them, Bush and his henchmen recruited brutal sociopaths to torture and murder, accounting only to their personal will. Lending them, wholeheartedly and enthusiastically, all necessary moral and legal blessing.

I have always been curious, and wondered, who the American people thought were torturing and murdering in our name."
SearingTruth


A Future of the Brave - www.searingtruth.com

[searingtruth]

"They Don''t call him "Doctor No" for no reason. ..."
TopProphet


Gosh.

For a prophet you sure do a lot of copying and pasting.

Don''''t you have any prophecies of your own?

I do, but Ron isn''''t going to like it ...
ST


Tell me oh prophet, when will the cruelty of mankind end?
"When a single heart of suffering awakens all who sleep."
SearingTruth

A Future of the Brave - www.searingtruth.com

[searingtruth]

"I agree with Dr. Paul on the Social Security issue ..."
TopProphet


Well, of course.

Ron Paul believes that all government support and protection for the middle class and poor should immediately be abolished.

While all government protection and support for the rich and powerful should be absolute.

Just like Dictator Bush.

You can learn all about Ron''s true goals at www.libertarianism.com. Even trussed up as nicely as possible their fascist ideology, and Draconian vision for the future, shines on through.

Get ready to pay 50 cents, or whatever your current "block lord" demands, every time you use the once public street in front of your house ...
ST


"Who would say freedom is not free, with the price being freedom itself."
SearingTruth

A Future of the Brave - www.searingtruth.com

[searingtruth]

"They Don''''t call him "Doctor No" for no reason. ..."
TopProphet


Gosh.

For a prophet you sure do a lot of copying and pasting.

Don''t you have any prophecies of your own?

I do, but Ron isn''t going to like it ...
ST


Tell me oh prophet, when will the cruelty of mankind end?
"When a single heart of suffering awakens all who sleep."
SearingTruth

A Future of the Brave - www.searingtruth.com

[searingtruth]

And then there was the one where the one dictator said to the other dictator "Hey, take your uniform off!"

And then they both went skinny dipping in the pool and had great fun.
ST


"A principle, sacrificed, is rarely resurrected."
SearingTruth

A Future of the Brave - www.searingtruth.com

[searingtruth]

"With the full support of Senators Clinton, Obama and McCain, President Bush recently ..."
TopProphet


But what of your own proposed saviour Ron Paul''''s desire to eliminate all public infrastructure and leave the citizenry to the mercy of who ever has the most money in the geographic area at the time?

Could you please expand on Ron Paul''''s plans for health care, social security, fair wages for the hard working, critical infrastructures such as roads, bridges, hospitals, ports, etc. and safety nets for those who, despite years of dedication and hard work, may suddenly find themselves in dire financial hardship, and perhaps even homeless?

I didn''''t think so.
ST


"Truth is defined by the weakest of us who must suffer through it."
SearingTruth

A Future of the Brave - www.searingtruth.com

[searingtruth]

"What we need is a President who will show us the way. Not the old way. ..."
TopProphet


Ummm ....

Ron Paul shows us the oldest, and most despicable, way recorded in human history.

The way of the rich and powerful making "laws" which permit abusing the weak, poor, and undesirable of the moment for their own personal gain, in perpetuity.
ST


"Who can know truth, without compassion."
SearingTruth

A Future of the Brave - www.searingtruth.com

[searingtruth]

"those who, despite years of dedication and hard work, may suddenly find themselves in dire financial hardship, and perhaps even homeless?
ST

"may find" ?

it''''s already happened - by bundling "sub-prime" mortgages of working class people into "asset backed securities", having them "officially graded" as AAA or BBB by credit agencies, then selling them for profit knowing full well the financial fragility of these peoples incomes, is nothing less than savage capitalism or another attempt to destroy the middle-class American."
neoconRcrazy



Indeed fellow patriot neoconRcrazy. Your example is sadly representative of Bush and his henchman''s idea of a "great economy", and of course Ron Paul''s or any other current politicians "vision" of a government of and for the people.

Sadly, the "people" they serve are no longer the American people by definition, just whoever has the most dispensable cash at the moment.

Of course, these are the same people who ground our beloved Constitution, and the rule of law it embraced, into the dust, so in their minds they have nothing to lose, even though they have already lost everything.
ST


"The greatest persuader is the ever encroaching power of truth."
SearingTruth

A Future of the Brave - www.searingtruth.com

[brianbwb-2009]

"You can''t be the president and the head of the military at the same time," Mr. Bush said, describing a telephone call with Musharraf. "I had a very frank discussion with him."

So here''s the deal Perv. you, quit your military post, pro forma, we know you still control the military anyway, and we will make sure you win the election. That way, we can say it was a democratic decision, and back you.

[neoconrcrazy]

"We strongly counseled against emergency rule, but Pakistan''s leadership did not follow our advice," Negroponte said.

John Negroponte has the blood of ten of thousands of Central Americans on his hands. Does anyone believe that Musharraf decision was not first cleared with the WH?

[searingtruth]

Mirror

My friends, sometimes the most difficult thing about fighting evil is realizing that it actually exists, and then unambiguously and forcefully calling it what it is.

History shows time and time again that one of evils greatest strengths is its ability to disguise itself as good, or at least a temporary necessity, until that last fatal moment when its revelation becomes clear, indisputable, and inescapable.

So today let us take a clear and unadulterated look into the mirror at ourselves.

Just six years ago we were one of the most respected and admired defenders of democracy and human rights in history. Respected not only by our friends, but even begrudgingly by most of our enemies. In fact, even the fantastic power of our military paled in comparison to the overwhelming might of our moral authority.

Today we are a nation that operates secret prisons occupied by anonymous inmates, illegally abducted and held indefinitely without charge or representation. We are guilty of torture. We are guilty of murder. We are guilty of preemptive war of conquest. We are guilty of the wholesale surveillance of our population, suppressing all hope of privacy and free dissent. And we are guilty of disgracing our nation through the abandonment of even our most basic precepts of morality.

If this is not evil, then nothing we have ever fought against is evil, and nothing we have ever fought for is good.


Excerpt from A Future of the Brave - www.searingtruth.com

[neoconrcrazy]

those who, despite years of dedication and hard work, may suddenly find themselves in dire financial hardship, and perhaps even homeless?
ST

"may find" ?

it''s already happened - by bundling "sub-prime" mortgages of working class people into "asset backed securities", having them "officially graded" as AAA or BBB by credit agencies, then selling them for profit knowing full well the financial fragility of these peoples incomes, is nothing less than savage capitalism or another attempt to destroy the middle-class American.

[searingtruth]

"What we need is a President who will show us the way. Not the old way. ..."
TopProphet


Ummm ....

Ron Paul shows us the oldest, and most despicable, way recorded in human history.

The way of the rich and powerful making "laws" which permit abusing the weak, poor, and undesirable of the moment for their own personal gain, in perpetuity.
ST


"Who can know truth, without compassion."
SearingTruth

A Future of the Brave - www.searingtruth.com

[neoconrcrazy]

AIPAC Espionage Trial May Subpoena Rice, Hadley, Abrams, Wolfowitz, Feith
November 6, 2007
From CNI Staff



The United States judge presiding over the AIPAC espionage trial involving Steven Rosen and Keith Weissman, former senior staffers, has ruled that the prosecution may subpoena top U.S. officials, including Condoleezza Rice, Stephen Hadley, Richard Armitage, and top neocons Paul Wolfowitz, Douglas Feith, and Elliott Abrams. It is believed that their testimony, should they ever agree to testify, would negate the contention that the information collected by Rosen and Weissman and passed on to Israel would ever have endangered the interests of the United States.