Posted on 09/21/2006 11:29:33 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
U.S. threatened to bomb Pakistan after 9/11: Musharraf
6 minutes ago
President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan said that after the September 11 attacks the United States threatened to bomb his country if it did not cooperate with America's war campaign against the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Musharraf, in an interview with CBS news magazine show "60 Minutes" that will air Sunday, said the threat came from Assistant Secretary of State Richard Armitage and was given to Musharraf's intelligence director.
"The intelligence director told me that (Armitage) said, 'Be prepared to be bombed. Be prepared to go back to the Stone Age,"' Musharraf said.
"I think it was a very rude remark."
The Pakistani leader, whose remarks were distributed to the media by CBS, said he reacted to the threat in a responsible way.
"One has to think and take actions in the interest of the nation, and that's what I did," Musharraf said about the cooperation extended by Pakistan.
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bullhockey
I take it that he has proof of this threat?
Still don't like Armitage, but hey... Chalk up one for the rotten B@$T4RD
Well, in that case, he made the right decision.
Armitage sin't got the ba**s to say anything close to that.
Who ever heard of CBS needing "proof"?
Gotta-see-this Ping!
Ping the pinglist...
How can you send a country back to the Stone Age when it's never left?
Taking down 2 towers, hitting the Pentagon and destroying 4 planes full of people is, shall we say, "very rude" as well. Since we wanted cooperation to get hold of OBL and his merry men, I am GLAD that we did this.
Frankly, we should do it more. Iran and that insane little pigmy who runs the place strike me as a good place and person with whom to renew the practice.
Armitage .............. again..........
This is hugh!!
We should have bombed them anyway without warning. They were allied with the Taliban before 9/11 and provide them refuge now altough they try to deny it by saying they are Kashmir or in areas where the Pakistain Military won't go because the tribal leaders hold a ton of power.
You don't really think he received an e-mail or something written, do you?
This isn't new news. I remember a piece written shortly after 9/11 that confirmed this. Wracking my brains to remember who wrote it. International guy for Wash. Times, I believe.
"This is hugh!!'
But is it series?
Bwahahahahahahah......Let's see the donks try and scream that GW tgreatened another country with bombing them, when the words actually came from Armitage (gossipy big mouth), the original Plame leaker, whom is shunned now by the whitehouse and has no political standing of any stature left with most of the GOP. Pelosi, Reid, Kerry , etal will not be able to use this as any ammunition against GW. I repeat, bwahahahahahahahahahahah.....
So instead, we sell them weapons.
Don't worry, Pakistan's time will come. Bet on it.
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