Pakistan - President Pervez Musharraf resigns

AFP via translation | August 18, 2008

[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.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Prayers for Pakistan in its time of peril and uncertainty.
May God guide them to walk in His light.

[evad]

Is Obama eligible to run in Pakistan?

Not since he threatened to bomb them.

[reagan_fanatic]

It has been for some time. At some point in the (near) future, Pakistan will become an islamic fundamentalist state, and radical islam will have its nukes.

[JasonC]

The largest party in parliament is the PPP, Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party, aka the socialist left. The current leader is her husband. Their coalition partner is the party of Nawaz Sharif, the previous president that Musharraf desposed in his coup. He heads one wing of the Islamic party. I'd say his wing is allied to the business class, is corrupt, and in the past worked with the ISI (the intelligence agency), and is allied to Saudi Arabia. The true Islamic nutjobs are off in the northern areas and are deeply unpopular with the PPP. Sharif would try to get along with them, but isn't one of them. I hope that helps.

[JasonC]

He was a nationalist general trying to save his country, and a patriot. He was a dictator, he did not rule as a tyrant but as a statesmen. Pakistan should be careful what it wishes for...

[JasonC]

I don't think the Islamic nutjobs are terribly popular with the people of Pakistan, who resoundingly voted for the PPP, the party whose leader those nutjobs assassinated 7 months ago. The Islamicists aren't going to win an election in Pakistan. The only worries are (1) they might use force not elections, though the army could stop them and has in the past, and (2) some are in the intelligence apparatus (the ISI), setting policy and acting covertly without asking anyone's permission.

[Southack]

Unlike in Russia, where Putin’s act of “stepping down” was one in which he still maintained control, and unlike in Zimbabwe, where Mugabe stayed in Office after losing an election, Musharaff is showing the world that Pakistan is returning to democracy instead of fleeing from it.

[shadowgovernment]

an unstable world as America played limited war after
invasion of Afgan and Iraq ..Bush never followed up on his big words and allowed Syria and Iran to continue terror.
1. Lebanon and defeat of Israel army there
2. taking of British seamen
3. Shiite gangs given IED’s
4. Russia sees the weakness and acts
5. we now have Afgan heating up, Iran still intact, a
report of a major offensive by Shiites trained in Iran
heating up Iraq
6. The world is moving towards a major confrontation as
India looks at an unstable Pakistan, Russia tests USA
and the EU/Nato..
7. Looks like a plan is moving ahead very rapidly and we
had better stop it now before it leads to WWIII

[G8 Diplomat]

Pakistan ۋﮧ۱م

FReepmail if you want on or off

[G8 Diplomat]

So who’ll replace him, Mullah Omar??

This guy is like the Pakistani Nixon...threatened to be impeached, so he resigned. And Pakistan is not a country where you want to leave a power vacuum.

[shadowgovernment]

to the list add:
8. A new American President who is a socialist appeaser who will be viewed by Russia and the mid east as very weak
(my own observation many Obuma bumper stickers I have not seen One McCain bumper sticker-a very bad sign)
9. on top of it all a very weak economy here
10. millions of muslims in the EU ready to riot if EU takes
a hard line
11. Any Enemy of USA sees all above and knows our hands are
tied.
12. Israel will act seeing our weakness on Iran but what follows could be the spark that ignites all the unstable areas from the mid east to Pakistan to eastern Europe..
our only response will be nukes it gets very bad after that.

[Truth29]

"He was a nationalist general trying to save his country, and a patriot. He was a dictator, he did not rule as a tyrant but as a statesmen. Pakistan should be careful what it wishes for..."

It could be argued that his downfall was brought about by his refusal to act as a despotic tyrant. Another factor to watch now is India's state of military altert as it monitors Pakistan's internal politics.

[Pan_Yan]

IMELDA: “Has anyone seen my pumps? The white ones with the little roses on top?”

[Vanders9]

Perhaps “Benign Despot” might be the best choice of Government for Pakistan at its current particular stage of social and political development...

[1Old Pro]

The world is becoming more unstable and dangerous by the minute.

It's always been unstable and dangerous - Another reason for NObama.

[ketelone]

This is bad news. This was one of the few times in the History of Pakistan that the people who represented the country also controlled the army. Now that that is no longer the case, the Army will do what it wants, when it wants.

[kjam22]

At some point in the (near) future, Pakistan will become an islamic fundamentalist state, and radical islam will have its nukes.

I agree. We didn't chase OBL into Pakistan because of the politics. That seems like a mistake now.

[redstateconfidential]

[Munz]

exactly my thought

[Tulsa Ramjet]

IMELDA: “Has anyone seen my pumps? The white ones with the little roses on top?”

JACKSON AND FARRAKHAN (in unison): “Here we are mamma!”
IMELDA: I said ‘white pumps with the little roses on top’, not black pimps with the little ho’s on top!”
JACKSON: “uh...oops. Hey, no harm, no foul. Right baby? Keep hope alive.” (Jackson flashes peace sign and Farrakhan straightens bow tie).