Bush on Musharraf: "...so far I've found him to be a man of his word."
By John Amato Tuesday Nov 20, 2007 3:07pm
President Bush was on with Charles Gibson of ABC at Camp David for an exclusive interview and he praised Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf for his leadership and promotion of---get this---democracy. Pervez basically put Pakistan under Marshall law for weeks now, but Bush sees it a bit differently. He also comments on Iran and Iraq...I had to laugh when he said "No one wants to use military force to achieve any objective." OK, sure thing there chief.
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CHARLES GIBSON: Let me start with, did you put too much faith in President Musharraf?
PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH: And he said, he's with you, he's been a loyal ally in fighting terrorists.
He's also advanced democracy in Pakistan. He has, he has said he's going to take off his uniform, he's said there will be elections. Today he released prisoners, and so far I've found him to be a man of his word.
Transcript below the fold:
CHARLES GIBSON: But he says he believes in democracy but this state of emergency, which he says he needs to do to fight terrorism, all he's done is arrest political opponents, he's arrested lawyers, he's arrested human rights people. It looks more about saving his own political skin?
PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH: Well, as I say, he has done more for Democracy in Pakistan than, than any modern leader has, and one of the reasons you're seeing the blowback that you're getting in Pakistan is because of the reforms that, that President Musharraf has put in place. Are we happy with the emergency rule? No, we're not. Do we, do I understand how important he is in fighting extremists and radicals? I do. And do I believe that he's going to end up getting Pakistan back on the road to democracy? I certainly hope so...
CHARLES GIBSON: Let me turn to Iran, Admiral Fallon, the head of CentCom, said in a recent newspaper interview, he said the military strike against Iran is not in the offing. It would be a strategic mistake. Do you agree?
PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH: My, my objective is to solve this issue diplomatically, and I fully intend to, and I believe we can. But diplomacy is effective when all options are available to a president, and all options are available. No one wants to use military force to achieve any objective. But, but it's important for all parties to understand that, you know, while I'm optimistic we can solve it diplomatically, options are available to the president...read on
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Horrifyin', ain't it?
(It's "martial" law, by the way.)
Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh.
Damn dictators and their "Marshall laws"!!
Did he look deep into his soul?
Beeattch?
WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN!
When Marshall Law is declared does that mean I have to stop shopping at Big Gay Al's Clothes For the Big & Tall Man Store?
Arkenor @ 4:
ahhhhhhhhhhhhahahaaahahaha.
beat me to it you stinker.
he does seem to like those quiet moments alone together doesn't he?
Is there anyone left who believes this crap?
Bush likes him cuz he's just like Bush.
Oh, and of course he's keeping Bin Laden safe and sound for Bush so there won't be a rift between the two families.
Musharraf on Bush.....'So far, I've found him to be a fu*king liar';
Am I the only one who remembers Bush's inability to place Musharraf's name, back durin' the '00 campaign?
Yesterday I heard dimwits...er, pundits, talking about secret discussions the US government is having about whether to invade Pakistan if Musharraf loses power.
They're not talking about Musharraf losing power to religious nutballs. They're talking about if Bhutto or other opposition leaders take over.
So much for the myth of "spreading democracy".
"Fool me once, ...uh, ...um, ...ya can't fool me agin!"
Somebody stop him, please!!!!
George Bush in the video:
If by "He’s also advanced democracy", Bush means he's revoked rights, then yes Musharraf has advanced democracy. Bush has been advancing the same type of democracy in the U.S. as well.
Chimp: champ of chumps.
i'm sorry,
did i miss something,
the surge worked?
i'm not eating crow for thanksgiving..............
-s
Praise from Ceasar.
Butsch = Musharraf
Demockracy = Fashism
Crapitalism = Gangstarule
Chopvac @ 13:
I should have clarified this:
They're talking about invading Pakistan to get control of the nuclear weapons.
Did he look into Musharraf's soul? Does he have a good heart?
Bush on Musharraf: “…so far I’ve found him to be a man of his word.”
Right. Like you would even know what that means.
It's business as usual, the government is backing yet another dictator, but labels his rule "democratic". It's pretty much why "they" hate us and why the sane people in this country are silenced when they speak out against our own police state. Up is down and dictatorship is democracy. These things go hand in hand. It won't be long before martial law is declared in the U.S. to "preserve our democracy". Yeah, I know, W, they us for our freedoms.
In the same interview, Charles Gibson said to Bush,
You took a lot of doubting and rather skeptical questions about the surge. I'll give you a chance to crow. Do you want to say I told you so?Jesus Gibson, is that all the further you could suck up? What has Bush got to crow about? Guess I’ll start watching Brian Williams again.Here's the only "marshalll" law I know of, Pard.
How did this dictator advance democracy?
Just taking off his uniform is not the same thing as resigning from the army.
How long has he been promising elections. So far George W. Bush is batting zero in his character assessments of the leaders of other countries. Maybe he should stop looking them in the eye and start looking at their record.
Marshall law? Marsha's law? No, martial (from Latin martialis, of Mars, the god of war) law, a reference to raw military power replacing civilian rule.
When are progressives going to learn some vocabulary and learn to spell? I can see America is in trouble: practically everyone who went to grade school, intermediate school, high school and college after the 1960s has not been taught basic history, geography, science, mathematics, spelling and a notion of how to think critically.
Of course, Mr. Bush is a babbling idiot, who destroyed his brain with drugs, and who now is merely a psychopathic blob of resentment and hostility.
To paraphrase Inigo Montoya.
You keep using that word, "democracy". I do not think it means what you think it means.
I think I went to high school with Marshall Law. Yeah. That dude was alright........
one wishes the same could be said for you, asshole.
spoken by a true man of his word.
LOL LOOL LOL LOOL LOL Great Stand Up routine Mr P, LOL LOL LOL
I'm sorry but I have to ask...how many people does Bush know who 'keep their word"? not a single person in his whole miserable family...nobody in his administration...maybe the Bin Laden family are good at keeping their word. I'm not sure but unless "man of his word" is code for "lies like me" then I would say Bush finally got something right!
The most inept and hapless soul at the bottom our social classes would have done a much better job than this Buffoon we allow to be called a president. Disgraceful is the least I can say about this dicpicable farce of a leader.
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He "took off" his uniform because of a Nov. 15th constitutional deadline to do so. Musharraf would have had to get the legislature to change the constitution. Bush and the MSM are the only ones who believe he has relinquished his control over the Armed Forces.
Chopvac @ 20:
Why? Has Pakistan flown armed nukes thousands of miles on one of their bombers?
Marshall Law is good to watch to watch on TV while listening to Marshall Tucker on the stereo.
Good Merkin's loves their entertainments.
yes, he's a man of his word and by golly he sure released those taliban high muckiitymucks lickity split didn't he? wow, i'll bet that sure calms things down.
james k. sayre @ 27:
If you think "Marshall" was a big mistake, try reading some of the sheeple sites like Gaggle of Idiots or whatever it is. They are nigh unreadable. There are a great many "your"s in place of "you're"s, and the use of apostrophe-"s" to pluralize a word is epidemic. Those sites are for drooling retards. I like C&L because it's not typed by second-graders.
"He’s also advanced democracy in Pakistan."
...
WTF?
Funny, I don't take either of them at their word!!!! Bush and Musharraf, two sides of the same coin. What a putz.
Musharraf's grand plan, after this second military coup, is to one day think about democracy??? Right-o, Mr. preznint.
And NO ONE likes to use military force, unless necessary. Like, as in:
"We're going to take out seven countries in 5 years, starting with Iraq, and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and, finishing off, Iran" --
AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!
Didn't he see Putin's soul as well? This prick just thinks "democracy" is one side in a war, no more. "He's on our side, so he supports democracy". What a poltroon.
"No one wants to use military force to achieve any objective."
You forgot two words at the end, W.
"Except me."
Apparently there has been yet another video leak from an alternate universe.
That, or its the Bush Administration's objective is not to kill irony, merely to torture it, presumably because it has been classified as a terrorist. I see a Cafe Press T-Shirt in the making -- "Free Irony From Gitmo" -- or something along those lines.
Left&Left @ 9:
My thought exactly. And Chuck was thrilled to have an "exclusive".
And Bush's word is cockass to me. That conversation between Gibson and Bush is a waste of good airwaves.
za @ 30:
To whom are you speaking?
Bush says that Mushareff is helpin' him fight the pirates . . . heh heh heh
Does this mean Dana Perrin is going to be resigning soon to spend more time with her family for what she said last week about it not being OK to suspend a consitution??
GTFOOH
chimpy is truly, truly, insane. he's worse than any other repug. he makes absolutely no sense. he's a damn clown, an embarrassment to mankind. chimpy is harboring "al Qaeda" and is encouraging "al Qaeda" by allowing Pakistan to harbor "al Qaeda."
The greatest leader of the world my ass.
It doesn't matter if libby does it, or darth or anyone under his administration it's all on chimpy's shoulders as it should be.
DO SOMETHING DEMS!
Bush's assessment is hardly surprising, coming from a man who on at least three occasions proclaimed "a dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier."
For more, see:
"Pakistan Irony Watch."
How is it possible for a WORLD CLASS LIAR... A PATHOLOGIC LIAR AT THAT
TO JUDGE WHETHER ANOTHER PERSON IS A MAN OF HIS WORD?
Yes those are MY caps.
Let me see. Mushy took over control of Pakistan with a military coup. Now he has fired the judicial system basically and declared martial law. Um, hey Bush, I and the world see nothing at all democratic in any of that. Could it be that if an election were actually democratically held, that Mushy would be kicked out on his fat ass? Naw, couldn't be, right Bush?
Chopvac @ 20:
While this is happening (chimpy taking over) does chimpy really believe they will sit by and let him? What a total, complete fool chimpy is.
Kay @ 15:
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Exactly ! Bush has a new hero. He only wishes he could get away with that in America.
(he has gotten pretty close, sadly)
Cheney @ 23:
Marshall Law has already been declared in the US. Matter of fact, its been here for ages. It happens in the inner cities.
WTF and UFB
tHeGaMeOfLiFe @ 58:
Do you mean Martial Law?
Please don't post any more video of bush. I can't stand to hear his voice. I will not click on them. It's bad enough that i hear his voice in my head when i read the damned transcript.
Gibson is an embarrassment to journalism , with his tea chat with bush and here's Kahoneez's rule of thumb , when you see the interviewer WALK with the person he's interviewing you know it's going to be a soft ball , hug fest .
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The bETTER question would be WHY put " faith " in a man who stole the presidency , who was accused of stealing an election , beats people in the middle of the street and we don't need to guess what's going on BEHIND closed doors in Pakistan , given what they do in public and given their well documented human rights abuses for years .
The main stream lapdogs have given Musharraf a pass for years , why because its not about consistency , not about human rights , it's about what ANYBODY who can do further U.S. foreign policy and it doesn't matter if the thug is a dictator , a mass murderer , a torturer , or has bad breath .
Riiiigghht... Just like you, huh Chimpy... Boy, what a pair you two make.....That's all I got to say otherwise I'm just gonna go off like I just did on that prick Novaks thread..........JD
Ever notice that Bush likes to use those cowboy John Waynisms -- "A man of his word." As if Bush has any honor or has ever been a straight shooter.
Chopvac @ 13:
If we invade Pakistan and Iran, we will never get out, not untill 100,000 or more troops are dead.....
I do like Marshall amplifiers...
Biggus Diggus @ 64:
As if either Bush or Marion Robert Morrison, er, I mean John Wayne, were ever ever cowboys.
hey....if the surge worked...can we bring our troops home now???
this is the most deluded man in the universe
Bush: He's as much a man of his word as me!
The news channels are claiming that the Bush Regime made strong
demands on Musharraf of Pakistan. Well lets see. They sent John
Negroponte.
In the 1980's he was ambassador in Honduras. From there he ran the
Contra terrorist war against Nicaragua. He supervised and channeled
the U.S. funds to create death squads in Honduras, which was
nominally neutral. He is a terrorist himself.
When he meets with Musharraf, I am confident that the Pakistani
intelligence service knows that he is a terrorist. He believes in the
use of bombing and terror against civilian populations.
So, what is his message?
His message must be - talk about democracy, but you are free to use
whatever military and terrorist tactics you deem necessary. That is
the real message.
If we had a independent media they would not be spewing the nonsense
they are reporting today.
"...so far I’ve found him to be a man of his word."
Be honest! Relative to Bush's ability to be honest, Pervez IS a man of hist word.
=my2c
did he look into his eye.....?
bush the biggest fucking embarrassment for the United States.
mudshark @ 72:
he did only from the dark hole at the other end............
Man of his word???? Bush shouldn't make statements he doesn't understand.
This "ally" on the War on Terrorism is, of course, the gracious host to Osama, al Qaeda, and the Taliban. What would a piece of filth like Bush do without him? As I'm sure you already know, by the way, it's "martial."
W... "YUP, well I think I can put the good Ole' USA back on the road to democracy next October by puting Hillary under house arrest, detaining all the moderates on the Superme Court, locking the doors to Congress, preventing demonstrations on the streets... and then I'll go on FOX Noise and announce that elections will be delayed... but I'll promise that maybe they'll be held in January... maybe."
Bush: "He fired the supreme court and installed a team of cronies who rubberstamp everything he does. That sounds like dah-mok-ruhcee to me. I id-myer him deeply"
Hey, John...With all the sh*t you're taking for confusing "Marshall" and Martial"...Why haven't you changed it?
Jeez. What a Homophone!...Not that there's anything wrong with it.
tHeGaMeOfLiFe @ 58:
Oh, so...Discount clothing is a big hit in the Barrio...is that what you're saying? What a terrible stereotype.
Oh, Yeah! I'll trust the Bush on character judgement.
Dictator complimenting a dictator.
all these members of the old dictators club can go to hell
Dag gum it.
It's "Martial Law".
I'm the fifth of my family as a "Marshall".
This Bush retard is about martial law.
I want a pair of primrose glasses just like the Pinocchio War Criminal is wearing.
I thought democracy meant "a government of the people, for the people and by the people."
I guess I'm confused, because apparently all you have to do is hold elections. And I'm even more confused because before we toppled him, Saddam Hussein held elections in which he received 99% of the vote, which makes him uber democratic. I'm sure Musharraf is as uber democratic as Saddam, and more democratic than George "50.7% Mandate" Bush.
Whether Musharref is a man of his word or not really is beside the point. The bigger question is "How in the hell could Bush be the judge of that?"
Too bad very few pakistanis have found him to be a man of his word
dicktaters love dicktation, so jorge sings to carlos about his love of mushie.
so sweet. almost as sweet as the smell of a million Iraqi corpses. and he can't wait to start piling up the Iranian bodies, too!
Marshall law?
Martial 'em up, and we'll all go shopping at Martial's, owned by the Martial family.
Bush telling lies? Shocking! He duh Preznit. Preznit no lie. After all, God talks to him.
Nyuk nyuk nyuk.
He looked him in the eye and saw Vladimir Putin.
I have no doubt that Bush is watching the situation in Pakistan very closely... taking notes on what he might do next year to DICTATE the results of our own 2008 national election:
1. Arrest all moderate Supreme Court Judges
2. Put both Hillary and Obama under house arrest and take away their cell phones and lap-tops.
3. Shut down all spontaneous street demonstrations.
4. Lock the doors to Congress
5. Find some petty third-world dictator to show friendship publicly.
6. Start wearing his "Mission-Accomplished" flight suit every time he addresses military audiences
7. Go on FOX NOISE and promise that the elections will still be held... but not until, maybe January... maybe.
8. Look right into the camera and say "I'm doin' this to protect our democracy.
If anyone hasn't heard yet, for the second time under Musharraf's rule the Commonwealth has suspended Pakistan's membership. I don't know what effect it will have, but it shows that it's time to abandon that lame duckhead.
"Yer doin' a heckuva job, Pervy!"
Ya know I try . . . really, honestly, I do . . . to restrain my grammar nazi pedantic tendencies. But, "Marshall law"???? Really, everyone must have his limits, and that crosses mine.
BUSH gave him 10 billion of peoples money (not his own). Pakistan will take care of their dictator. We will take care of OURS.
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