Sunday, November 04, 2007

Quick observaion on Pakistan

Does anyone remember when Pervez Musharraf took control in Pakistan? Back then he was a General and it was a military coup. At some point over the next six months he became 'President' Musharraf and the manner in which he seized power was seemingly forgotten (or should I say just not mentioned anymore). I've always thought it amusing the way he went from being a General to President in such an orderly manner in the media. Effectively implementing martial law is a handy reminder of his military roots I guess, I see he's still called 'President' in a lot of place though.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Another military junta that we are prepared to turn a blind eye to. Miliband will choose his words very carefully this weekend!

Barnacle Bill said...

BBC last night was covering their bases, they had him labeled - General President Musharraf.
Now today he is either President, or General.
I notice the Bottler has said little upon the matter.
So I suppose it will be up to the Boy Miliband to open his mouth and see how many feet he can squeeze in!

Theo Spark said...

Sadly the alternatives are worse.

Cox says said...

Miliband has given a rather non-committal statement on the matter (here: http://www.gnn.gov.uk/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=327915&NewsAreaID=2). From his below average speech at the Labour party conference he seems rather inexperienced to say the least. I don't back him to have any meaningful impact.

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Paul Evans said...

I'll tell you when he became 'President' - about a week after 9/11.

Shug Niggurath said...

Is he the first President / Premier in history to have staged a coup against himself???