Bush Administration Open To Giving Musharraf Asylum In The United States
Bush Administration Open To Giving Musharraf Asylum In The United States
On Sunday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Fox’s Chris Wallace that U.S. asylum for former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was “not on the table.” However, she refused to explicitly rule the option out, insisting that he had been a “good ally.” Watch it:
But now that Musharraf has officially stepped down, the Bush administration appears to be increasingly receptive to opening America’s doors to the former military leader. State Department spokesman Robert Wood told reporters that Musharraf “has a right to live wherever he wants.” AFP reports:
“We haven’t been asked to provide him with any asylum or place of residence,” State Department spokesman Robert Wood said amid speculations that the former staunch US “war on terror” ally who quit Monday might stay abroad, including in the United States.
“If he chooses to take up residence somewhere, I mean if he were to request that, we would obviously look at it, but it’s not an issue that we’ve been approached with,” Wood explained.
This willingness to grant Musharraf asylum may be coming from the top ranks of the White House. Nearly nearly three weeks after Musharraf declared emergency rule last November, President Bush continued to insist that the Pakistani president had “advanced democracy in Pakistan.” According to the Pakistani newspaper Dawn, Bush was the “last holdout” of support for Musharraf in the Bush administration, outlasting both Rice and Vice President Cheney.
Shuja Nawaz, a former Pakistani journalist and International Development Agency official, told PBS on Monday that “a possible immediate destination [for Musharraf] may be Dubai, and then eventually may be New Mexico in the United States.”
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He could always follow Bush to his new compound in Paraguay.
August 19th, 2008 at 7:22 pmI suppose this makes some sense. After all, if Musharraf takes asylum in the U.S., he will have to repatriate all the money that GDumbya used to bribe him into the “war on terra”.
Of course, it will seem a bit strange to have Musharraf moving to the U.S. at about the same time that GDumbya and Darth Cheney skidaddle to Paraguay to avoid extradition for war crimes.
August 19th, 2008 at 7:22 pmWhy can this scumbag get in when it takes about 7 years for non-criminals to get their immigration papers?
Oh, he’s Dubya’s BFF, OK, sorry for the question.
August 19th, 2008 at 7:26 pmOne more time Bush et al give in to those aligned with terrorists. If they can provide $$, oil, etc,. they aren’t terrorists in the eyes of Bush & company. Of course, the Bushies are terrorists themselves. They even terrorize their own citizens!
August 19th, 2008 at 7:27 pmI’m sure he just wants those $10 mil (bil?) monthly payments to continue.
August 19th, 2008 at 7:31 pmOn this one, the US.Immigration Department had better be following our international laws rather than the whims of Bush. We have no right to circumvent the legal processes of other nations, something Bush never learns.
August 19th, 2008 at 7:32 pmBush Administration Open To Giving Musharraf Asylum In The United States
– - Great, cuz there’s a graveyard shift open at the 7-11 down the street.
August 19th, 2008 at 7:32 pmWhat makes anyone think Mussharaf even Wants to move to America?
And if he does, it will not be good for America’s Image in Pakistan. Mussharaf’s Image as an American Puppet will only be reinforced.
August 19th, 2008 at 7:36 pmBush Administration Open To Giving Musharraf Asylum In The United States
– - We’re deposing them there so they seek asylum here.
August 19th, 2008 at 7:37 pmHey Pervez, I want my Slushie, NOW!!!
August 19th, 2008 at 7:42 pmThe Saudis are going to take this Osama sucking scumbag into their fold.
You then the country that supplied 19 9/11 terrorists providing protection and cover to the scumbag that hid Osama away from American capture.
The Saudis and Mussharaf are ALL GW BOTCH’s BFFs!!
Botch is an enemy of the state!!! A traitor!!!
August 19th, 2008 at 7:46 pmSorry,
“You then the” should read “You then have the”
August 19th, 2008 at 7:48 pmOh why not… it worked out so well when we did it for the Shah of Iran…
August 19th, 2008 at 7:50 pmWe have lots of houses available cheap.
August 19th, 2008 at 8:06 pmBut now that Musharraf has officially stepped down, the Bush administration appears to be increasingly receptive to opening America’s doors to the former military leader.
Frickin’ brain-dead Republicans. They didn’t learn the take-home lesson from the Shah’s little sojourn here (albeit, it was Carter that let him in…).
State Department spokesman Robert Wood told reporters that Musharraf “has a right to live wherever he wants.”
Oh, really?!?!? So if you’re an ousted dictator, you can come and go as you please (”Take my Pinochet, please!”), but if you’re just a poor wetback, you’re sh*te outta luck…. Yeah, that’s the ‘Merkun Spirit: “Give us your deposed tyrants, yearning to be free…”
Cheers,
August 19th, 2008 at 8:11 pm“Must close tags… Must close tags….” Sorry. 8^]
August 19th, 2008 at 8:12 pmBush can give one of those lame duck cabinet posts to bulk up his resume Then he can fight the war on terror from Boca Raton
August 19th, 2008 at 8:12 pmComing to Fox this fall: A deposed dictator gets his own reality show. In the show’s first episode, sparks fly when Mushie gets drunk, and accidently throttles his Segway into Dabney Coleman’s backyard pool.
August 19th, 2008 at 8:35 pmMusharraf’s brother who is a doctor lives here in the Chicago area. I’m sure he has a spare room for him.
August 19th, 2008 at 8:44 pm“If he chooses to take up residence somewhere, I mean if he were to request that, we would obviously look at it, but it’s not an issue that we’ve been approached with,” Wood explained.
yeah I’m sure his new home has already been put on our tab
August 19th, 2008 at 8:54 pmOne criminal offering asylum to another – if it weren’t a very possible reality, I’d be laughing my ass off. The only asylum I can think of for BOTH the Chimp and the dictator is a mental one.
August 19th, 2008 at 9:16 pmCould this turn out to be a Shah of Iran situation?
August 19th, 2008 at 9:21 pmPerhaps Bush, Cheney and Musharraf can all go to an asylum together. Just make sure you keep Cheney isolated, and have lots of bright, shiny objects to keep Bush occupied.
Soon, a drooling McStain can join them.
PEACE
August 19th, 2008 at 9:33 pmI hear he’s looking in Crawford.
August 19th, 2008 at 9:36 pmOdd that a government that seems on the verge of exloding into chaos can still gather enough unity to impeach.
August 19th, 2008 at 9:47 pmheads up, new mexico. musharraf might be bring some houseguests with him. i hear his ‘nephew’ might be staying in the ‘guest house’ by the ‘property line’.
August 19th, 2008 at 11:13 pmInteresting question. certainly, musharraf was a somewhat of a counterweight to institutionalization of islamic fundamentalism. perhaps ‘counterweight’ is too strong a word. I have to admit I’m not familiar with the political leanings of the remaining opposition parties. will it be politically secular, like Turkey, or will it continue on its path toward full islamic statehood?
August 19th, 2008 at 11:18 pmHow about a trade, straight up, Bush for Mushy.
On second thought, they’d have to take Cheney as well…
August 20th, 2008 at 12:13 amMusharaf along with everybody who supported the Iraq War played a hand in Benazir Bhutto’s death. Musharaf by not providing her protection from the Taliban and the George W. BUSHwhackers that intentionally planned to let the Taliban and Al Qeada escape into Pakistan, a country with nuclear weapons and their delivery systems. The Taliban ran into Pakistan when the Russians attaced decades before.
I could have planned the counterattack against the Taliban and Al Qaeda better with purely American kick butt. There is no reason why the Taliban or Al Qaeda should have existed beyond 2002.
August 20th, 2008 at 12:19 am.
If only America were as brave as Pakistan and IMPEACH…
… IF ONLY!!!
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August 20th, 2008 at 12:37 amIt’s entirely fitting that Bush would give asylum to Musharraf, neither man has any respect for democracy or the rule of law.
http://progressiveworldreview.com
August 20th, 2008 at 12:38 am…of course they would! Nothing new on that statement! after all, the USA habour terrorists, paramilitary criminals and murderous dictators who hate Democracy! What is new???!!!
August 20th, 2008 at 1:34 amThis is just great.
This means that as of 1/20/09, we will have 2 retired dictators on our government dole (Dick Cheney being the 2nd).
August 20th, 2008 at 6:39 amIt’s so good that the US is willing to do that. If we’re really lucky it’ll work out a little better than the time we let the Shah of Iran hang out with us.
August 20th, 2008 at 8:37 amAll men that are ruined, are ruined on the side of their natural propensities.
Quote by Edmund Burke
August 20th, 2008 at 9:06 amwhat a sack of sh!t – steps aside in order,so he says,to keep peace in pakistan for fear of riots,chaos and killing – so why then would the question of asylum come up? – obviously he is a target without bodyguards or his uniform – why would he be running scared? – snuggling up to bush and his vision of transforming the middle east maybe? – and a promoter of democracy in pakistan??? (as the chimp puts it) – he seized power in a military coup!!! – but then again,bush’s idea of spreading democracy relies on overthrowing governments using the military – so i guess that we shouldn’t be all that surprised.
August 20th, 2008 at 9:25 amBush Covered up Musharraf ties with al Qaeda, so Bush now needs to keep Musharraf where he can keep an eye on him. Maybe put Musharraf up at the Crawford Ranch?
http://thelieshavenotimproved.blogspot.com/
August 20th, 2008 at 11:08 amWill he bring Imelda with him?
August 20th, 2008 at 11:45 am