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Musharraf & Nuclear Weapons: ‘Après moi le Deluge’

The phrase “Après moi, le déluge” (“After me, the deluge”) is attributed to the King of France Louis XV (1710-1774). Many a leaders in the present day world too think that the world will come to an end once they depart. General Musharraf said that if elections were held in a “disturbed environment”, it could bring in dangerous elements who might pose a risk with regard to control of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons.

There may be people who would simply describe this Musharraf stand as ‘blackmail’ because at this given moment the number two man in the US State Department, John Negroponte, happens to be in Pakistan to pressure the Pakistani dictator to provide at least a semblance of democracy in his country.

“They cannot fall into the wrong hands, if we manage ourselves politically. The military is there — as long as the military is there, nothing happens to the strategic assets, we are in charge and nobody does anything with them,” Musharraf said.

In other words what Musharraf means is this: “Mr Bush, don’t bullshit me too much through your envoy, or else…!!!”

More here…

Funny, how puppets get out of control and start calling the shots and the puppeteer looks helpless!!!

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