Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Pakistan - President Pervez Musharraf resigns
AFP via translation | August 18, 2008

Posted on 08/18/2008 1:12:57 AM PDT by HAL9000

via translation

ALERT - The President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf resigns

ISLAMABAD - President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan announced his resignation Monday, the eve of an impeachment procedure announced by his government.



TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; dajjal; geopolitics; kayani; musharraf; nukes; pakistan; resignation; taliban
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-98 next last
To: HAL9000

Maybe him, Noriega, and jimmy carter can get a ‘reality show of former leaders’ gig going:

(KITCHEN - MORNING)
CARTER: “Who left the milk carton open?”
NORIEGA: “F off, peanut head.” (grabs testicles in a menacing way).
MUSHARAFF (on phone): “Tell Khan to finish the deal with Eritrea now. This exile deal in Frisco is a joke and I’m low on fundage.”
(Doorbell rings, door opens. In walks John Edwards with oversized Nike bag slung on shoulder.)
EDWARDS: “Guess who?”
(Jesse Jackson walks out of hall bath)
JACKSON: “Hey, cool! High-five my white brother!”


21 posted on 08/18/2008 2:30:44 AM PDT by Tulsa Ramjet ("If not now, when?" "Because it's judgment that defeats us.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Tulsa Ramjet

Now THAT is funny!!!!


22 posted on 08/18/2008 2:32:25 AM PDT by mkjessup (Hey George? What do you think of your pal Pooty-Poot NOW?!?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: HAL9000

Index marker


23 posted on 08/18/2008 2:44:00 AM PDT by JDoutrider (Obama: The Hype and Chains candidate)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: John Valentine
These are likely to be troubled times for the Subcontinent.

And the world!!!

24 posted on 08/18/2008 3:00:19 AM PDT by night reader (NRA Life Member since 1962)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: HAL9000
I wouldn't count on it, not in Pakistan. At best, we'll end up with another government ruled by islamists. At worst, Al Qaeda will take over.

I wonder if Bush will regret telling Musharref that if he's going to be president of Pakistan, then he needed to take off that uniform?

Like another poster said, better the devil you know than the devil you don't.

25 posted on 08/18/2008 3:08:31 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner ("We must not forget that there is a war on and our troops are in the thick of it!"--Duncan Hunter)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: HAL9000

Musharraf spent 25 years consolidating power
Whoever replaces him will be much weaker and will have even less control over Jihadists and extremists

Trouble ahead


26 posted on 08/18/2008 3:12:11 AM PDT by dennisw (That Muhammad was a charlatan. Islam is a hoax, an imperialistic ideology, disguised as religion.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: HAL9000
Is Obama eligible to run in Pakistan?

Maybe they need more "hope" and "change" than we do, and he can appease America as the leader of Pakistan.

27 posted on 08/18/2008 3:25:32 AM PDT by smedley64 (UHbUHmUH- The incoherent candidate.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Justice

That’s what I’m afraid of. With all that is going on with Iran and Russia, this could get ugly if the right one doesn’t replace him.


28 posted on 08/18/2008 3:28:22 AM PDT by autumnraine
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Westbrook

So it isn’t just me being a weiny? Because the world hasn’t been a peaceful, fun loving place. But it just seems in the past year or so, it’s gotten very volatile.


29 posted on 08/18/2008 3:29:36 AM PDT by autumnraine
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: autumnraine
> So it isn’t just me being a weiny?

Nope.

The forces of darkness are on the move.


30 posted on 08/18/2008 3:34:46 AM PDT by Westbrook (Having more children does not divide your love, it multiplies it.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 29 | View Replies]

To: John Valentine

There is cause for worry. Musharraf, faults and all, was still an ally. Who knows if his successor will be. Troubled times indeed (you have a gift for understatement).


31 posted on 08/18/2008 3:54:25 AM PDT by SueRae
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: HAL9000

Nukes....this is scary.


32 posted on 08/18/2008 4:18:37 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain -- Those denying the War was Necessary Do NOT Support the Troops!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Tulsa Ramjet

Hey, yeah, and the pilot will be a “Waiting for Godot” style bit about Bin Ladin being expected to show up for the show, and everybody wonderign whether he will make it or not.


33 posted on 08/18/2008 4:21:04 AM PDT by ichabod1 (If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it, and if it stops moving, subsidize it.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: G8 Diplomat

ping


34 posted on 08/18/2008 4:30:49 AM PDT by Wiz (Here comes my smokin' gun)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Justice

35 posted on 08/18/2008 4:39:06 AM PDT by wolfcreek (I see miles and miles of Texas....let's keep it that way.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: HAL9000

Does this mean Osama bin Hiddin is going to be the president?


36 posted on 08/18/2008 4:40:04 AM PDT by RetiredArmy (I am glad I am Retired Army so that I will not have to serve in the new Fag military with Obama.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Justice

THAT’s the question.

One of the nutcases is going to get a bomb, and an American city will disappear.

Prayers up.


37 posted on 08/18/2008 4:58:13 AM PDT by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: WoofDog123
Thank you for your sound words this morning - I agree.

Further, India has interests in "re"acquiring Kashmir". Kashmir is disputed territory now administered by three countries: India, Pakistan, and the People's Republic of China. Musharraf, in addition to allying with the US throughout the War on Terror, has fought hard to retain Kashmir as a Pakistani interest. I suspect his "replacement" will give Kashmir to the PRC and India.

38 posted on 08/18/2008 5:01:16 AM PDT by Alia
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: SueRae

Pakistan is slipping away.


39 posted on 08/18/2008 5:23:24 AM PDT by Dinah Lord (fighting the Islamofascist Jihad - one keystroke at a time...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 31 | View Replies]

To: SueRae

Pakistan is slipping away.


40 posted on 08/18/2008 5:23:25 AM PDT by Dinah Lord (fighting the Islamofascist Jihad - one keystroke at a time...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 31 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-98 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson