Well, well. Lookie here!
I’m betting Tuhreza had an extra dose of medicinal rum-soaked raisins after Jacque F’n Kerry received his shout-out affirmation from TOTUS Tuesday.
Political observers in the federal capital point out that the foreign minister might have been aware of the John Kerry-Lugar Bill’s formative stages through Mr. Zain H Qureshi. If that was the case the analysts have reason to ask as to what was the rationale of foreign minister’s rushing to Washington to seek “ clarification” or in-depth briefing from the horse’s mouth. If all this was Act One of a melodrama, Act Two was rushing back to Islamabad with John Kerry’s assurance. Based on that was foreign minister’s rhetorical statement in the parliament.
The analysts say, supporters of the Bill are trying to weave a tale which at best can be termed as cow-and-bull story. They point to the posture of our ‘His Excellency’ in Washington, our ambassador Hussain Haqqani who sounds more like John Kerry’s spokesman than Pakistan’s envoy.
Whatever the shades and shadows, the debate over the John Kerry-Lugar Bill will enter decisive phase very soon with foreign ministry cutting a sorry figure with embarrassment writ large on the faces of those trying to defend the Bill in the forefront”, one analyst observed.
Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi with US Senator John Kerry at Prime Minister House on 16-12-2008.
13 April 2009
Pakistan has told an influential visiting U.S. senator that Washington should not put conditions on a massive aid package expected for Pakistan.
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's office Monday said he told U.S. Senator John Kerry that "aid with strings attached would fail to generate the desired goodwill and results in Pakistan."
Kerry, who heads the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has backed legislation that would triple U.S. non-military aid to Pakistan, to $1.5 billion a year for five years. The measure would also require Pakistan to make measurable progress in fighting terrorism and militancy.
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi (L) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman U.S. Senator John Kerry talk before their meeting at foreign ministry in Islamabad April 13, 2009. The United States should not put conditions on an expected substantial increase in U.S. aid to its ally Pakistan, Pakistan's prime minister told visiting. Kerry on Monday.
Is it really too much to expect the U.S. Congress to actually hire Americans as their staffers instead of people tied to foreign governments?
Other than tipping off his home government as to what was up with legislation they are interested in, I have no doubt this guy’s job consisted of plagiarizing CRS reports, taking long and expensive lunches and hitting the early happy hours (did I say happy hours as in alcohol? — don’t tell the folks back home!).
I guess Pakistan is starting to put moles in our government.
“Skerry idiot always has to stick his hand into some foreign intrigue.”
Only if he can harm American interests by doing do.
SENATOR KERRY: “. . . I remember Christmas of 1968 sitting on a gunboat in Cambodia. I remember what it was like to be shot at by Vietnamese and Khmer Rouge and Cambodians, and have the President of the United States telling the American people that I was not there; the troops were not in Cambodia. I have that memory which is seared—seared-in me. . .”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365905/posts?q=1&;page=101
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=107006724
And we have the Aussies bailing A-stan.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367295/posts
Congrats Obama, you managed to f*^$# everything up within one year of office.
Shah Mehmood Qureshi
IMAGE
Actor - Zain Qureshi IMAGE
Location: London
Height: 5'11" (180cm)
Weight: 12st. 3lb. (78kg)
Role Types: Middle Eastern, Mixed Race, Pakistani
Languages: English, Urdu, Arabic
