Bush urges Pakistanis to continue their struggle for democracy


WASHINGTON, Dec 27: US President George W. Bush, who telephoned President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday to condole former prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s assassination, has urged the Pakistani nation to honour her memory by continuing their struggle for democracy.

In a statement issued by his office, Mr Bush recalled that Ms Bhutto had twice served her nation as prime minister and knew that her return to Pakistan earlier this year put her life at risk. “Yet she refused to allow assassins to dictate the course of her country.”

The US, he said, stands with the people of Pakistan in their struggle against the forces of terror and extremism.

“We urge them to honour Benazir Bhutto’s memory by continuing with the democratic process for which she so bravely gave her life.”

In his conversation with Mr Musharraf, the US president offered to help Pakistan to catch those responsible for the assassination, officials said.

“Laura and I extend our deepest condolences to the family of Benazir Bhutto, to her friends, to her supporters. We send our condolences to the families of the others who were killed in today’s violence. And we send our condolences to all the people of Pakistan on this tragic occasion,” said Mr Bush.

The United States, he said: “Strongly condemns this cowardly act by murderous extremists who are trying to undermine Pakistan’s democracy”.

“Those who committed this crime must be brought to justice,” he declared.

At the US State Department, Secretary Condoleezza Rice termed Ms Bhutto’s passing a great loss for Pakistan. “I knew her as a woman of great courage and had been impressed by her dedication and commitment to democracy and to the future of Pakistan itself,” she said.

http://www.dawn.com/2007/12/28/top12.htm

sadly, all the condolences and consolation offered the Pakistani people won't mount to a hill of beans, nor will the ' righteous indignation' at this atrocity from world leaders do much... Musharraf will have to be seen to do something, but, we all know, he's releived that Bhutto is out of his way, after getting Sharif knocked off the ballot he's now got no opposition to speak of and the other parties in turmoil.. By clamping down on freedoms further in the name of suppressing ' terorism ' he has the upper hand...

Sadly, America and the west have to accept his heavy handedness and personal power grab if they want to keep the lid on the Taliban and not have what's percolating in Afghanistan to boil over in Pakistan.. nothing swcares the sh*t out of the west than radical Fundamentalists with a Nuke technology..


Happy New Year, fer shur...

Keep in mind this happened under Bush's watch. This just adds to the instability in the region with Iraq and Afghanistan.

Fox,
MAN you're an idiot! "It's all Bush's fault", huh? Retard. You're saying that it's BECAUSE President Bush is in the Whitehouse that she was killed? Or, are you saying he had the power to stop it? Which nutbar question do you have the answer to?

Wait, I'm betting that the 30 or so South American leaders killed this century all happened under Republican President's as well....and if they didn't it was because of their policies that happened to be in place when a Democrat was in office.

And let's get one thing straight (for both you and Retardo), I'm not a republican, I'm not a fan of President Bush, I'm anti-liberal because of the dumb-ass crap they constantly spew.

Bush is an idiot, don't deny it. He can't even pronounce words correctly for being Ivy League educated. People must be morons to vote for him twice.

Dumb-ass crap for predicting the outcome that we are in Iraq and Afghanistan with no end in sight? Do you remember "cake-walk"? The Democrats and liberals have been right about Bush running this country into the ground. The economy is down (foreclosures close to Depression age), war with no end in sight (people dying and money wasted), national and foreign policies disasters (FEMA, Abu Graib, illegal wiretappings, etc.)

You actually believe the foreign and domestic policy disasters are going well? Please wake up.

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Originally posted by patoloco:

Wait, I'm betting that the 30 or so South American leaders killed this century all happened under Republican President's as well....and if they didn't it was because of their policies that happened to be in place when a Democrat was in office.

South America is a disaster both socially and economically.

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Bush is an idiot, don't deny it.

I, uh, didn't deny it. I happen to agree. I'm just asking you to make sense. You, in typical Hillary Clinton style, never answered the question. Just counterattacked with more useless nonsense.

Which question can you answer (above).....Let me be a little more plain, it seems you may understand simpler terms. You seem to think that Bhutto's assassination was Bush's fault. How does that make sense? What proof or logic are you using to make this statement?

And sure, let's play the tangent game--
And the fact that South America is a disaster both socially and economically and has had political leaders assassinated is different from Pakistan in what way?

Fox, I have to agree with Patoloco. You are as off on bringing up the fact that it happened on Bush's watch as Bush was off in envading Iraq. Now had you said she should have stayed in her car like her security team told her to and she'd see another day then I might agree. I believe that her demise came because she thought she knew better than an experienced security team. You also had the option to blame the current country's leader Musharif because I believe HE had something to do with it. Who wouldn't she was calling for his stepping down. If I were him I would offer extra security either. You can blame Bush for our Economy,the price of oil, hell blame him for Iraq but you can't blame him for this woman's death, that would be too lame.

Just as lame as Republicans blaming Clinton for everything else, when he hasn't been the President this decade.

Fox

How could this assassination possibly be Bushes fault? I am a Democrat(probably more moderate than liberal) and I don't have any love lost for Bush, but honestly how can you possibly believe that Bush could have prevented this? I think it will continue to destabalize Pakistan, but as far as the rest of the middle east...I really doubt it will be much more than some isolated incidents.

I judge people by thier own actions not by political affiliations. Can you please tell everyone what Clinton did to respond to the USS Cole, Kobar towers,and Somalia? I'm no Clinton basher we had some good years under his watch to include decent relations with the world community, and a surplus. But turning the other cheek while we get bombed is not my idea of a good president.

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Just as lame as Republicans blaming Clinton for everything else, when he hasn't been the President this decade.

Wow. Thanks for the snappy and intelligent comeback. Again, true Hillary form. When the reporters do not accept a "non-answer", change the topic. You really should join her campaign.

Gunny after reading Mulder's last post it gives me scary thoughts when I remember he said he wants to go into the US Navy JAG Corps.and thinks he would make a good Military Officer because he can think for himself.

A snappy intelligent response is not worth doing for people who only watch FOX News as their news source.

The world is worse off under Bush than with Clinton.

Mulder from the ignornce I see in your post you must have learned from your experience in the Liberal Colledge you are apparently attending I doubt very much if you know what snappy means. I wonder what kind of response you will have if Hillary Clinton does become President you will blame President Bush.

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Originally posted by SULLY1:
Mulder from the ignornce I see in your post you must have learned from your experience in the Liberal Colledge you are apparently attending I doubt very much if you know what snappy means. I wonder what kind of response you will have if Hillary Clinton does become President you will blame President Bush.

It's ignorance and College, they have spell check on the web browsers now SULLY.

Bush will still be the one to blame when another President takes over his war, his economy, his domestic and foreign polices, his cronyism in the Justice Department, etc.

I do hope you know that. If not, your loss.

Mulder I don't come here for a Spelling Bee you got my meaning apparntely.Liberals only see what they want to see if it's wrong they blame it on someone else they twist our Justice system to suit to their purpose not how it is.

ignore him, Sully. He's losing the argument and grabbing at straws.

Even repeatso has more tact.

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A snappy intelligent response is not worth doing for people who only watch FOX News as their news source.

Just don't get it do you. I don't watch FoxNews. I'm not a conservative. I'm anti-liberal and anti-idiot. You lose on two accounts.

Dont be fooled, alot on here have come here for a spelling bee, when thoes on this forum can not provide explaniation to my questions they simply lash out with childish remarks or call out spelling errors. The powers that be have been planning this nations demise for almost 100 years now, thoes in power did not get to power because they are as stuipid as liquor store hold ups, they know how to make a story belivable while covering up relavant facts under the shroud of "national security", each deceptive action taken in and of its self is not illegal or unconsttutional but you start small and set supreme court precednces and then build off of thoes, you disolve the gold standard and set up the federal reserve, you instigate wars and make it look like its not your fault and finance the other side so you can make money, did you know the gulf of tonkin was totally fabricated and that one fabricated incident cost 58,000 american lives and over 100,000 american lives that were altered for the rest of there lives and there quality of life degraded for there time in service. Rockefeller financed germany in WW2 and rosevelt instigated Japan into attack through trade embargos insults to there culture and internment camps in the US. The federal government has everything so convoluded you cant rely on a single line item cause and effect you have to go back to the constitution, and things have gotten to such a point of convolution that they defy common sense and the will of the people, and speaking of the will of the people they have sabataged the education system to skew the priciples this nation was founded on, I mean you can go on and on. I wish patoloco and aufklarer could say something of value other than there standard montra of personal attacks and useless comments why even bother posting unless you are going to provide something intellectually stimulaitng, of course the military has such little intelectual stimulation it makes sense that the members and ex members that make up its ranks can barely muster comments beyond "hes an idiot" or "im putting them on ignore" because your 8 yrs old.