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Saturday, September 23, 2006
Armitage's "Rude" Message to Pakistan was the Right One Armitage, who was then-Secretary of State Colin Powell's second in command, is now denying he used the words attributed to him by Musharraf. Perhaps! But in the wake of September 11, 2001, passions were high and threats were made -- from the President on down. The President's words during that period were understandably aggressive and were, no doubt, also considered 'marching orders' for every government entity. Armitage recalls closely echoing the President's words: "Either you are with us or against us," he remembers telling the Pakistani Intelligence Director, "history begins now." But even if he did use the more "rude," politically incorrect or overly aggressive version of that threat, however you want to characterize it, it is good to remember that it was rhetoric (and probably no more than rhetoric) generated by a horrific attack on our country. At the time, Armitage was not alone -- whatever words he chose to accomplish his mission, they most likely also echoed the sentiments of most Americans. So why the big flap, all these years later, over a stated or even implied threat? It's all about book sales, and the news media has, you can be sure, helped Musharraf sell a lot of copies of his new, about to be published, memoir. Musharraf's new book is titled, "In the Line of Fire" and it was to promote that book that he appeared on 60 Minutes with his second-hand version of America's "threat" to Pakistan. Let's not take President Bush literally this time, let's not "buy the book." News Links: Bush says he was 'taken aback' by Musharraf's bombing claim Armitage has history of candor, colorful language Blogger News Network is advertiser-supported, and your visits to our advertisers help BNN to meet its expenses. Help keep us afloat! posted by Whymrhymer at 9:56 AM |
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