This article is copy/pasted WITHOUT permission. My point being: "Who in the fuck does the USA think we are telling another country what THEY need to do?! We can't solve our own troubles!!! Article: Rice Urges Return to Democracy in Pakistan; Pentagon Says Declaration Does Not Affect Support An employee of a local hotel listens to President Gen. Pervez Musharraf delivering a televised speech to the nation in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2007. Musharraf sent troops into the streets and imposed emergency rule Saturday, suspending the constitution before a crucial Supreme Court ruling on his future as president. The move, which he blamed on rising Islamic militancy and the activism of the court, plunged Pakistan deeper into political turmoil. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)11-03-2007 3:09 PM By ANNE GEARAN, AP Diplomatic Writer ISTANBUL, Turkey (Associated Press) -- The Bush administration said Saturday it was deeply disturbed by the state of emergency in Pakistan and urged a swift return to a democratic and civilian government. The Pentagon said Gen. Pervez Musharraf's declaration does not impact U.S. military support of Pakistan, however. The stakes are high and Defense Secretary Robert Gates is monitoring the situation, Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said as the defense chief traveled to China. "Pakistan is a very important ally in the war on terror and he is closely following the developments there," Morrell told reporters traveling with Gates. The emergency declaration "does not impact our military support of Pakistan" or its efforts in the war on terror, Morrell said. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is taking the U.S. lead in dealing with the situation, Morrell said, and Gates had not spoken to Musharraf and had no immediate plans to. Rice said that, to her knowledge, U.S. officials had yet to hear from Musharraf since his declaration Saturday, although the Bush administration had long urged him against such a move. "The U.S. has made clear it does not support extraconstitutional measures because those measures take Pakistan away from the path of democracy and civilian rule," Rice said. "Whatever happens we will be urging a quick return to civilian rule." Adm. William J. Fallon, head of U.S. Central Command, met with Musharraf and other top generals on Friday to discuss the security situation in northwest Pakistan. But Fallon did not threaten to cut off U.S. military aid to the Pakistani government, Morrell said. And he said he has "no sense at this point that there is an imminent review" planned to look at whether aid should be affected. I did not write this, and I hope the author gets CREDIT, and the AP gets credit.
Funny, What should, or should not be our business is often driven by ideology. Though I'm not up on the Pakistan issue I can remember The United States hectoring and embargoing South Africa about its aparthied regime. The US sent its armed forces to Haiti to replace dictator Cedras with the election winner: Aristide. This is not a call for any action but we can speak up. Espically if The UN has a resolution on the particular issue. The US bombed Serbia when UN resolutions on ethnic cleaning were ignored by Miloslovic and crew. Should we just shut up about Darfur Sudan ? or Zimbabwe & Mr. R. Mugabe Didn't Michael Moore say something like : We can thank France for caring enough to critique The US when France thinks we have wronged. Fair enough and it works both ways There has to be a space in between declaring a causius belli and public apathy on an issue. We can't be so afraid of blowing bush & co a whiff of oxygen that we abandon all perspective. We can change The world rearrange the world its dying if you belive in justice dying if you belive in freedom Let a man live his own life rules and regulations, who needs em throw em our the door Chicago by Graham Nash
