We'll bomb you to Stone Age, US told Pakistan

The London Times ^ | September 22, 2006 | Tim Reid

[PistolPaknMama]

We don't know that Pres Bush ever really said this

The article doesn't claim President Bush said it. From the article:

"the threat was made by Richard Armitage, then the Deputy Secretary of State,"

[Brilliant]

Too bad Musharraf gave in.

[rhombus]

Funny that we did get some cooperation from them.... I think it is an effective technique.

It was a very effective technique. We may never know the exact words but it was made pretty clear that whatever it took we were going to Afghanistan. Packsistan rolled nicely and also stopped having silly border skirmishes with India for a while too.

[Issaquahking]

Glad someone early on, thought about what the scope of war was, and was telling others we were playing to win. That we didn't do the hit, speaks volumes about an invasion of clinton hold-overs invading the war effort. Either we are at war, or were not, don't cuff our troops!

[bmwcyle]

You are saying it would not take many bombs?

[Lurking in Kansas]

Be prepared to go back to the Stone Age’,” President Musharraf said.

No, Musharraf, you got it wrong; it will be the pre-Stone Age.

[ihatemyalarmclock]

IIRC, "Bomb them back to the Stone Age" was first used by General Curtis Le May to describe the best way to win the Vietnam War in the mid 1960s.

I find it hard to believe that the Bush Administration used that phrase as a threat against any sovreign nation.

[Diggity]

Just take away their cell phones and presto, it's the flintstones.

John

[Victor]

"....sensitive time between Washington and Islamabad,....."

What a strange juxtaposition....just the names of these two capitols....

[BelegStrongbow]

And isn't that interesting? This man was opposed to the Iraqi war from the start and managed to hold his tongue long enough to waste $30million in investigative funds, empower a treasonous opposition, encourage a nihilistic and murderous enemy...

...and, if this report has any truth at all, actually threatened a potential ally with obliteration unless they saw light and went along with US. Guess you really can't trust a liberal with any access to the use of force, they simply don't know how to handle it.

[Flintlock]

Sometimes the old ways are the best.

[Eagles Talon IV]

Exactly right and this also makes Armitage look as if he was closely tied to Bush and was speaking on his behalf. Why do this? Because the recent outing of Armitage as the leaker of Plame has totally gotten the Admin. off the hook on this and made the left look more sleazy then usual. They can't have that so they are now showing that Armitage was really working on behalf of GWB when he outed Plame.

[sure_fine]

" With some of these countries that's only a 5 or 10 year setback. "





or a move forward of about 200 years

[Alia]

"PERVEZ MUSHARRAF, the President of Pakistan" is only President, and by COUP. Sanctions had been put on Pakistan after the coup; but some parts were lifted, but only after we accepted and agreed to go into Afghanistan.

Does Musharraf forget that we know how he rose to power? Who backed his coup?

Democrats plan a "coup" on the US Presidency -- they just call it "an impeachment".

Read The People of Venezuela Fighting against the seizure of Venezuela by Cit-Chavez-GO

Here's a snip:

Venezuela’s 2002 Coup Revisited: The Evidence Two Years One April 14, 2004 This is not a simple story. This is not a short story. But it’s the most important story in Venezuelan politics today. The weird events that gripped Venezuela from April 11th to April 14th, 2002 will keep historians busy for many decades to come. In the space of a four-day weekend the country cycled through three presidents. Venezuelans watched appalled as an elected official emptied his gun into an apparently peaceful opposition march. They saw tanks rolling on the streets of Caracas for ill-understood reasons, the armed forces' top-ranking general announce the resignation of the president, and a right-wing clique usurp total control of the state. The private TV and radio stations that could have covered the chaos were first shut down by the government and then engaged in a conspiracy to suppress the news. It's a lot to cover in a single essay, so do bear.

--end snip.

You might wish to read the whole article. It's a very cogent, step by step display of HOW Chavez "works" with his academic and political circles, and against his own people.

[madconserv]

How many times have we heard that they had OBL surrounded and would get him in one or two months? Only to have it fizzle away to nothing.

[stuartcr]

I guess selling them weapons is just as good.

[Little Ray]

Short trip for Palis. I'd threaten to bomb 'em to extinction.

[darth]

Musharraf is a Pakistani patriot who was desperate to save his country from devastation. After 9/11 he faced a U.S. high tech assault with assistance from millions of Hindus who hate the Paks with a passion that few Westerners appreciate (about 100 million Hindus were slaughtered over the course of the past few centuries by muslims). Remember that India has a THERMONUCLEAR arsenal and the means to deliver it. Musharraf has walked a tightrope between his islamonazi populace and the realities of our war on Osama and Company. Supporting him is probably our best option unless we really are serious about an all out war with islam that results in hundreds of millions of dead. There are no perfect options; thank God the adults are in charge of foreign policy right now.

[tutstar]

ping...

[TheRightGuy]

The President, who will meet Mr Bush in the White House today, said the threat was made by Richard Armitage, then the Deputy Secretary of State

I wonder if he told Mushie about Valerie Plame, too.