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April 14, 2005
No More Coddling Dictators for the Sake of Stability?
US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld called on President Pervez Musharraf here on Wednesday evening, reiterating the United States’ commitment to broadening and deepening its strategic relationship with Pakistan. . . .
He reaffirmed the US decision to enhance military assistance and strengthen defence cooperation with Pakistan. He said the US would be stepping up support to meet Pakistan’s legitimate defence needs. Rumsfeld praised the president for his initiatives to promote peace and stability in South Asia.
There go more taxpayers dollars down an unconstitutional rathole. It must be nice, on the one hand, to preach democracy to Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran, and on the other hand, to give money and weapons to an unelected dictator.
Surely no relatives or friends of those killed with U.S.-supplied weapons will have any reason to hate us and want to participate in terrorist attacks against us.
One more thing: "President Musharraf appreciated the US decision to sell F-16 aircraft to Pakistan." I'll bet he did.
Read the whole thing here. Thanks to Antiwar.com for the link.
Posted by Mike Tennant at April 14, 2005 03:32 PM
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