Unlike Those Other Guys, I'll Be a FAIR Dictator

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Regardless of the words coming out of his mouth, Pakistan's "leader" is acting like he's here to stay:

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 13 — Pakistan’s president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, on Tuesday rejected an appeal by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to lift his state of emergency, insisting in an interview that it was the best way to ensure free and fair elections.

He vigorously defended the emergency decree issued 10 days earlier that suspended the Constitution, dismissed the Supreme Court, silenced independent news stations and resulted in the arrests of at least 2,500 opposition party workers, lawyers and human rights advocates.

“I totally disagree with her,” General Musharraf said in an interview with The New York Times at the presidential building here in the capital. “The emergency is to ensure elections go in an undisturbed manner.” He said Sunday that elections would go ahead by Jan. 9.


So Bush's collect phone call (OK, I don't know if it was really collect, but if it was, wouldn't that be a hoot?) went nowhere, and now Mushy's giving Condi the one-finger salute. But it's like he's saying: the best way to promote democracy is with the tight and retraining force of dictatorship.

Or was that Anakin Skywalker who said that? Whatever.

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