Words Like Locusts Flew From Her Fingers

Bush Re-Inserts His Head Firmly In His Ass

Bush More Emphatic In Backing Musharraf – washingtonpost.com
President Bush yesterday offered his strongest support of embattled Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, saying the general “hasn’t crossed the line” and “truly is somebody who believes in democracy.”

Bush spoke nearly three weeks after Musharraf declared emergency rule, sacked members of the Supreme Court and began a roundup of journalists, lawyers and human rights activists. Musharraf’s government yesterday released about 3,000 political prisoners, although 2,000 remain in custody, according to the Interior Ministry.

After a while, a person runs out of creative ways for responding to that kind of nuttiness. Musharraf — believes in democracy?!??? What the fuck?

Right. That’s why for years he refused to step down as leader of Pakistan’s military.

I’m telling you: Musharraf bends over and Bush puckers up. Bush’s appeasement of Musharraf is just another sign of his complete inability to put together a foreign policy seated in “reality-based” principles.

So, it looks like into the foreseeable future, the US will continue to look the other way while Musharraf squashes democracy in Pakistan — so we can get his help in fighting the forces that threaten democracy in the rest of the world.

Uh…yeah. Okay. Right.