Poor George -- he's so misunderstood, even by his pals

[theHandpuppet]

Sep 22, 3:36 PM EDT
Bush 'Taken Aback' by Musharraf Comment

By DEB RIECHMANN
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush said Friday he was "taken aback" by a purported U.S. threat to bomb Pakistan back to the Stone Age if it did not cooperate in the fight against terrorism after the Sept. 11 attacks.

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In an interview to air Sunday on CBS-TV's "60 Minutes" program, Musharraf said that after the attacks, Richard Armitage, then deputy secretary of state, told Pakistan's intelligence director that the United States would bomb his country if it didn't help fight terrorists.

He said that Armitage had told him, "Be prepared to go back to the Stone Age."

Armitage has disputed the language attributed to him but did not deny the message was a strong one....

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Edited to add link: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BUSH?SITE=OHCIN&SECTION=AMERICAS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

[BOSSHOG]

1. Armitage says bush's base doesn't give a fuck whether I lie about this

or anything else, because bush's base is easily manipulated ignorant lemmings with no concept of right or wrong. Praise the lord for such a base.

"Conservatives" - america's latest cancer.

[Virginia Dare]

2. Must have been drunk again that day and blacked out...

or maybe they just don't tell him anything?

Poor Georgie, always the last to know. :nopity: or would that be plausible deniability? He wasn't kidding when he said he was going to run this country like a CEO.