'We'll bomb you to Stone Age, US told Pakistan' - World - Times Online.
How interesting - one of the more democratic Islamic countries was told by the US deputy secretary of state, Richard Armitage, that the US would "bomb them back into the Stone Age" if they didn't cooperate in the war on terror, and to curb the free expression of support for terrorism. The nation that began by asserting its sovereignty from foreign control, and which counts freedom of expression as a basic freedom, did that...
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Pakistan -- one of the more democratic Islamic countries?
Thats like saying Pol Pot was one of the more sympathetic dictators in the world when compared to Hitler.
But if it is pointed out that Bush talks "as if he owns the world," that is not even worth responding to.
Presumably that's because when you own something, there is no need to explain what you do with it.
"when you own something, there is no need to explain what you do with it"
Where did that idea come from? I don't think I've ever heard it before. It's certainly not part of any society I can think of, or any system of law.
It's certainly not part of any society I can think of, or any system of law.
It right after the law that says the U.S. gets to tell every other country what to do externally and internally.
And the law that says the President of the US is not bound by any laws...
Armitage denies he made any such statement.
He would, would't he? But given the track record of mendacity and evasion by this administration, I would prefer to believe Musharref, since he, at least, isn't a proven liar.