Lets all of us face the truth: blind hatred for the previous order ruled by Pervez Musharraf and for his handmaiden junta headed by the House of Gujrat was so deep-seated that the people so overwhelmingly repudiated them that even the rigging they did was not enough to save their skins.
In any case, The Mother of All Elections happened to bode ill for Gen (Retd) Musharraf just as the Mother of All Battles was bad for Saddam Hussein. The only hope is that whilst in the latter case Saddam took his country down with him, Musharraf will have the honour to abide by his own promise to leave if he finds that the people no longer want him. How else should the people tell him they don???t want him?
A big Mubarik to Asif Zardari and Nawaz Sharif for behaving like great statesmen and agreeing to come into a coalition both in the centre and Punjab. And the pox on those who are advocating to both to go it without the other and team up with the smaller parties, including the King???s Party.
Special opprobrium of course, upon the American administration and the British government, for so shamelessly and so foolishly going on and on about their full support for Musharraf despite the clear verdict of the people against the man. They should realise sooner rather than later that they are closing the door upon themselves, and that if they persist in their diabolical plans that they will lose whatever little good name they have left in the region, let alone in this country.
American foolishness doesn???t merely stop here. Asked whether the new civilian leaders will change course in the Tribal Areas a senior Bush administration official said: ???We still expect the [Pakistan] Army is going to take the necessary military action.??? Of course it will; but under the orders of the civilian government, duly approved by the parliament. The Pakistan Army is an organ of the State, not the State, somebody ought to tell the man.
And could John McCain, the quite frightening Republican contender for the White House, please stop calling Musharraf ???a legitimately elected president???. Simply because most Pakistanis do not think so!
Bushism of the Week: ???I???m oftentimes asked, what difference does it make to America if people are dying of malaria in a place like Ghana? It means a lot. It means a lot morally, it means a lot from a ??? it???s in our national interest??? ??? President George W Bush; Accra, Ghana, Feb 20, 2008
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