[MadIvan]

President Bush should not just threaten this with some countries - he should execute on it.

Let fear stalk anyone who dares raise their hand to the West.

Regards, Ivan

[airborne]

Armitage.

Colin Powell's mouthpiece, or so it would seem.

I've always been dubious of statements regarding why he wouldn't consider running for President.It seemed a smokescreen to prevent more thorough questioning.

It's time to ask, "What's he up to?"

[airborne]

He said some demands were ludicrous, including one insisting that he suppress domestic expression of support for terrorism against the United States. “If somebody’s expressing views, we cannot curb the expression of views,” he said.

Unless they are Christians.

Isn't it Pakistani Muslims calling for the Pope to step down?

[cbkaty]

Let fear stalk anyone who dares raise their hand to the West.

This method has been effective throughout history....talking eventually leads us to the use of fear everytime...

[rawcatslyentist]

Where do the "presstitutes" get off by bestowing the title of president to every military dictator on the planet.

They are trying to give moral equivalence between our free elections and dictatorships. Disgusting!

[Brilliant]

This ought to be good for Bush's ratings. He got what he wanted with threats.

[panthermom]

Right on, my sentiments exactly!!!!

[Shimmer128]

Hey there, Haven't read anything from you in a while. When I was new on here, I remember you wrote that you weren't going to post anymore. I'm glad that you changed your mind.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Armitage, not Bush, supposedly made the threat.

[grobdriver]

Be prepared to go back to the Stone Age

Not a very far trip.

[Aquinasfan]

Feeeelings, whoa, whoa, whoa, feeeeelings... I'm sick to death of their feelings!

[supremedoctrine]

Nice to see Richard Armitage in the news again. Just when he thought everyone forgot him he is reborn like a phoenix from the ashes by the Plame affair and Pervez affair. Literally appearing this time as the proverbial loose cannon.

[Ima Lurker]

Too bad we won't do it. We know it, and what's worse, they know it.

[Graymatter]

You hardly have to read a story like this, about the US making crude threats on Pakistan, to know who's behind it. You can just roll the idea between your fingers a minute, and it takes the form of Richard Armitage.
And how clever of him to do it in a compact, quotable string of 14 words! How media=friendly!

[dfwgator]

Don't they mean "forward" to the Stone Age?

[HamiltonJay]

We need to stop pussy footing around... Insert strike teams.. take out these camps, capture anyone of value.. and extract...

Mushareff cannot take these people out without being assassinated or facing coup, so he will not do so. His government best will put on a show of containment, but nothing more.

The west needs to stop pussy footing around.. .they have declared war on us, and have been for 30 years.. its time to just take it to them, and be done with this nonsense.

[WizWom]

Translation from Diplomatese:

USA: "Look, Pakistan, we can't have you harboring international criminals. We don't really trust you to turn them over. We will take action when we can find one."
Pakistan: "This is our country! We are soveriegn! We've got nukes to prove it!"
USA: "You are SO going to regret saying that. Look, it's simple, if you get in our way, we'll remove your nukes, your production facilities, your manufacturing capacity. We'll put you back in the stone age."
Pakistan: "Meany!"

[phillyfanatic]

I know a lot of nations who we should bomb back to the Stone Ages plus some Democrat strongholds!