The United States threatened to bomb Pakistan "back to the stone age" unless it cooperated in the US-led war on terror
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Iran might want to chat with you.
Well, props to Armitage on that one, then.
Aren't Cheney and Rove supposed to be doing these things? ;^)
Absolutely ludicrous, indeed.
Pakistan would never think of curtailing free speech.
Who knows. We still might.
"If somebody's expressing views, we cannot curb the expression of views," it quoted Musharraf as saying."
They certainly can supress expressions of views they
don't approve of, such as support for Ms Bhutto, or
Christianity..
He would have to bomb them to the Neo-Neolithic Age.
I thought they were already in the stone age.
Mushy wouldn't have liked it much if I'd been President on 9/12/01.
He'd not have been around to feel offended.
Would this not be in line with Bin Laden's wish? Or should we just bomb them back to the year 700?
I'm afraid it's going to happen eventually, whether from us or from India.
The only way to bomb Pakistan back to the Stone Age is by using nuclear weapons.
I was aware that the Bush administration had threatened Pakistan after 9/11, and of Indian reports that then ISI chief Gul (the one Musharraf refers to in this interview) had funnelled $100,000 to the 9/11 hijackers, and that Gul was in Washington D.C. on 9/11. I suspected that the 9/11 hijackers might have had intelligence, signals and diplomatic pouch support from the ISI in the Pakistani embassy given the Indian reports of the $100,000 financing being traced through accounts controlled by Gul.
I was also aware that ISI people had raced throughout Pakistan afterwards urging local religious leaders and chiefs not to oppose Pakistani govt. acquiesence in the use of Pakistani territory by American forces attacking the Taliban. I thought this was due to American threats. The absence of followup reports, though, led me to suspect that the reports of American threats, and of ISI involvement in 9/11, had been exaggerated.
But I had no idea that the Bush administration had actually threatened to nuke Pakistan. Musharraf is a credible source here. This gives far more credibility to those Indian reports of ISI involvement in 9/11.
I am glad to hear it! More Reaganese tough talk with these A-holes is in order.
I am proud of the liberal punk if he actually did this.
It's hit the Drudge Report - in the upper left hand corner at the moment.
this i do not believe!!!
Bomb Pakistan back to the Stone Age? Are they out of the Stone Age?
Basically, Pakistan just discovered the flipside to being a member of the nuclear club. They had an angry superpower show up on their border, wanting to know who's side they were on, and because Pakistan owned nukes that meant that superpower wasn't going to mess around with them for one second. Iran should pay close attention to this little drama.
FOFLOL. Well, it would be a mighty short trip.
Frankly, I don't care how we got Paki cooperation, threats are fine with me. As for who said it, if it really was that weasel Armitage, everyone knows he doesn't make a move unless Powell tells him its ok. It will be interesting to see how much coverage the MSM gives this.