[Dog Gone]

For the first time in Pakistan's history, and with the experience of three wars with India, people are not rallying around the army to defend the motherland, but are demanding Gen Musharraf's resignation.

I think most of this article was pretty accurate, but I don't think that statement is correct, unless it's referring to a pretty small minority. Musharraf had nowhere near the 96% (or whatever it was) vote claimed in the election, but every indication I've seen shows that he's still popular, editorials by former PM Benazir Bhutto notwithstanding.

But, this is also an article which implies that if Jack Straw can't solve the problem, it can't be solved and nuclear war can happen any second.

Let's set the record straight. Jack Straw is an idiot, and he's a British idiot trying to intervene in a country that just threw the British out 50 years ago.

Let's wait until Boucher and Rumsfeld visit there before tossing in the towel and heading for the fallout shelters.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

Let's wait until Boucher and Rumsfeld visit there before tossing in the towel and heading for the fallout shelters.

So that means we need to have fallout shelters available next week. Where are we supposed to get them?

[hinckley buzzard]

Someone in Hollywood had to come up with that name-- Jack Straw is perfect.

With Churchill we had John Bull-- the bulldog. With Tony Blair we have...the Scarecrow.