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To: JPR who wrote (12422)	9/9/2002 8:22:51 AM
From: JPR	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 12475

PAK-IT-IN DEMOCRAZY in Mush Country -- Pakistan is MUSH COUNTRY- Pak. democracy low on U.S. agenda? By B. Muralidhar Reddy ISLAMABAD SEPT. 8. Has the United States downgraded the issue of `full restoration' of democracy in Pakistan in its agenda in lieu of its dependence on the Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf, in its fight against terrorism? Yes. According to an influential section of civil society and a majority of the mainstream political parties in Pakistan. They believe that the repeated platitudes of the Bush administration about the `bold and courageous' decisions of Gen. Musharraf in the fight against terrorism have made it easy for him to arm himself with sweeping powers with little resistance ahead of the October general election. The statement made by the U.S. President, George W. Bush's National Security Advisor, Condoleezza Rice, on Saturday that the U.S. had made clear to Gen. Musharraf its objections to his moves to bolster his power was seen as rhetoric with little substance. In an interview to Reuters on the eve of Gen. Musharraf's visit to New York, Ms. Rice has dismissed suggestions that Mr. Bush was compromising his democratic principles by keeping close ties with Gen. Musharraf. "It's just frankly not true. The President has raised with Gen. Musharraf our expectations for elections in October. We made clear to Gen. Musharraf that we objected to some of the moves he has made recently,'' she said. But critics point out that the United States has done precious little in the last few weeks as Gen. Musharraf went about re-drawing the electoral laws and he suspended the 1973 Constitution to stay on as the President and Chief of the Army Staff till October 2007. The Pakistan President has had his way in keeping out the two former Prime Ministers, Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, from the October election by promulgating laws considered `Benazir and Nawaz specific'. Not only has he made sweeping changes to the Constitution but also has armed himself with powers to dismiss the new Parliament. The role of the Army in governance has been formalised through the creation of the National Security Council. It should be said to the credit of the Bush Administration about `return of democracy' in Pakistan that it has been consistent in its approach ever since Gen. Musharraf announced the controversial referendum in April.

To: JPR who wrote (12422)	9/15/2002 7:18:12 PM
From: JPR	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

Wolf's Kid-gloves treatment for Mush CNN's Wolf Blitzer handled Mush with kid gloves: no blistering attacks, no piercing questions, no ambush, no sniping, no in-your-face frontal attacks. Wolf's monotone, predictable questions (and answers), and customary gentleness were uninteresting. There was no blood and gore. It was a love-in. There was nothing new in this interview. It is the same old recycled questions and the same old recycled, well-rehearsed answers. It appeared the interview’s format, questions, and answers were an unspoken gentlemen’s agreement. It was stale and putrid because it was recycled so many times. Even a hungry hog will not consume it. Mush says (in Blitzer's words, a phrasal help from the journalist) that his hands are too full to give any support for the US on Saddam and his reason is that he needs the oil and so will not align with the US. That sounds like a cop-out. It is possible that his support will inflame the pakis for selling a fellow muslim down the Tigris (or Euphrates) River. Mush is already up to his gills with internal enemies, enemies on the east etc. Wolf Blitzer did not touch the coming elections, democracy, Ms.Bhutto, NSA, his multiple titles etc. Mush was let off the hook with a sleight of hand. Mush’s Pakistan received millions of dollars this time too. The paramour is still in the giving mood.