All in a day’s work
I know that The Daily Show isn’t the place for serious talk, but the way Pervez Musharraf has been going on a “yes-I-said-this-no-I-didn’t” trip regularly these past few days, this was worth a chuckle for me.
Everyone and their dog knows that Musharraf appeared on the The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Tuesday night. Jon Stewart blasted him with a poker-faced question out of the blue to start off the interview…
As a gesture mirroring Pakistani hospitality, Stewart welcomed Musharraf with a cup of jasmine green tea, and offered the more American delicacy of a Twinkie. Musharraf chuckled and thanked the host, though Stewart promptly changed the subject.
“Where’s Osama bin Laden?” he asked suddenly.
“I don’t know,” replied Musharraf. “You know where he is? You lead on, we’ll follow you.”
[Source: The Norman Transcript. Emphasis mine.]
And this is what Musharraf had to say in an interview. And it was on the same day as the appearance on The Daily Show!
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said he believes fugitive Osama bin Laden to be hiding in Kunar province in eastern Afghanistan, and has rebuffed French intelligence reports that Laden died of typhoid in Pakistan.
‘It is not a hunch,’ Musharraf told The Times, London’s correspondent in New York
[Source: Rediff.com. Emphasis mine.]
As the saying goes, all in a day’s work for the back-stabbing General!!
Well ok… there’s no such saying. But there could be! ;)
4 comments
Interesting.
Wonder what kind of overall foreign policy we can expect - given the fact that most of the decisions of our Political Honchos are led by Vote Bank Politics.
Pakistan-centric piece of junk. Too obsessed with Musharraf and his charisma. The saying goes: “baal ki khaal nikaalna”. That’s what it is.
Flip-flop at its innovative best.
Apun Ka Desh>> The answer lies in freedom. Indians enjoy a fair bit of political freedom. We need to use it to weed out vote-bank playing politicians.
Euceph>> Thanks for your comment. Though I did not understand what is junk here. However, blogging is steeped in the rich tradition of ‘baal ki khaal nikaalna’, so to speak! :)
Anil>> Absolutely!! … The General has been flip-flopping vigorously for all his life! ;)
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