Dick Cheney had a gun dog with him when he went quail shooting recently (and bagged one of the other guests); now the President of Pakistan claims that he is not Geoge Bush's poodle. Pervez Musharraf is a General in the Pakistani army and he seized power in a coup in 1999. For two years he was an international pariah, but along came 9/11 and he saw the opportunity to cozy up to the US. In a recent interview the General, in fully military regalia, said this about himself and his country: "At this moment my country needs me. I've put a strong constitutional democratic system in place. That willthrow up a successor. I'm a strong believer in democracy." I guess Rummy will be giving him lessons soon on how, in a democracy, it's the civilians who run the army and not the other way round
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