Ignore Muslim anger at your peril, Musharraf warns Bush

The Ottawa Citizen ^ | 09-27-03

[milemark]

So the wars in Afganistan and Iraq are the reason Muslims hate us. In other words, before those wars, they didn't hate us? In that case why 9/11, USS Cole bombing, Embassy bombings in Africa... ?

[boris]

We can make the Muslims stop hating us:

About the only reliable way...

--Boris

[touhy]

Muslims,

Ignore American anger at your peril.

[tiamat]

This sounds like a threat or a shake-down attempt to me.

What is he smoking?

Tia

[LibKill]

This is a clash of cultures. We are the future, they are stuck in the 9th century.

I have no doubt we will prevail, but I guess we'll take more unneccesary damage before we really get down to winnning.

Sometimes we're too nice.

[expatguy]

What he really means to say ---

U.S. must quell hatred of the west through positive action APPEASEMENT, not invasion...[sic]

[caltrop]

Musharraf's a man in a very tough spot and someone we should be listening to. Two of Pakistan's four provinces have elected governments which openly support the Taliban and Pakistan has both nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them throughout the region. A pretty solid argument can be made that Musharraf's a big part of what keeps them out of the wrong hands.

[P.O.E.]

The Dems talk of "failure" in Iraq merely emboldens the jihadists.

[headsonpikes]

These folks are currently incapable of self-government.

We can handle this the easier way, or the harder way - it's their call, frankly.

[Bon mots]

Hearts and Minds ain't gonna work with Muslims.
Blood and guts is all they understand.
Lots of glowing, burned blood and guts is how it's going to end. Either ours or theirs. It's just a question of time.

I say, let's strike now. I've had enough of whiney violent muslims attacking everyone and crying about how they are the victims.

[TADSLOS]

"If we show one more negative, in the form of a military operation against another Muslim country, I think it's going to be disastrous."

Gen. Musharraf, whose country sparked outrage when it entered the nuclear age in 1998, said he has no proof Iran has nuclear weapons.

If the U.S. took pre-emptive military action against Iran -- the way it justified attacking Iraq to rid it of weapons of mass destruction -- it would lead to a backlash in the Muslim world, Gen. Musharraf warned.

Methinks Musharref doth protest too much.

[servantoftheservant]

The Muslim world is so full of hatred for the United States that President George W. Bush must do something positive in the region, such as capturing fugitive terrorist Osama bin Laden or restoring order to Afghanistan, warns Pakistan's president.

Huh?? Capturing Osama bin Laden will make the Muslim world happy with us?? The Muslim world hates us because:
1. we're not Muslim 2. every time we kick ass on the people they root for (Taliban, Iraq, rebels in Philippines, etc.), they have a hard time figuring out how Allah could want that

It's hilarious to me that Musharraf says capturing Osama bin Laden would make the Muslim world happy with us. I can just see spontaneous celebrations in the streets of Ramallah, Jakarta, Tehran...LOL

[Gritty]

Headline: Ignore Muslim anger at your peril, Musharraf warns Bush

Are you certain when you posted you didn't get the stories mixed up?

This just sounds like the standard Democrat talking points I see every day in the newspaper!

[Bombard]

They should be fearful of pushing us to far. I am talking WRATH OF GOD type stuff.

[Travis McGee]

They are Islemmings rushing to bite our ankles, who will end up tumbling off the edge to oblivion.

[servantoftheservant]

Musharraf's a man in a very tough spot and someone we should be listening to.

You're kidding, right? Do some research man. Musharraf presided over the installation of the Taliban gov't in Afghanistan. The Taliban are a creation of the ISI, and the Pakistani military openly supported the Taliban for years.

[AlbionGirl]

"Ignore US grit, ingenuity, moral supremacy, and SENSE OF VENGENCE, at your peril", Bush tells Musharraf, Mubarek, Hussein, Kadafi, and any other two-bit despot who wants to throw his balls in the ring.

[Travis McGee]

Pakistan had better attempt to join the modern world. If they anger US enough, their lights and water can be turned off with ease, and 100 million people will be too busy trying to stay alive to bother with the outside world.

IOW, these nations packed with insane murder cultists need the West a heck of a lot more than the West needs them. Ditto for Egypt, Saudi, etc.