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Richard Armitage was mainly unknown to most Americans until recently.\n But now Armitage, the quintessential Washington insider can’t; seem to
\n stay out of the news. First it was revealed that Richard Armitage was Bob
\n Novak’s source for his story on Valerie Plame and now a report comes in
\n about a bomb threat made by him after 9\/11. <\/p>\n
Pakistani leader General Pervez Musharraf said that former Deputy Secretary
\n of State Richard Armitage threatened to bomb Pakistan "back to
\n the stone age" unless they cooperated with 9\/11\/2001-related
\n intelligence gathering. <\/p><\/div>\n
by By Jack Kramer in the National Ledger<\/a><\/p>\n Central casting couldn’t have genetically designed a better Although he claims not to have been authorized to See, it doesn’t sound so bad when its put in those terms. Despite this Realpolitik offer that couldn’t be refused, the begrudging Because, make no mistake, he is hated in his homeland, as are we, and <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Richard Armitage was mainly unknown to most Americans until recently. But now Armitage, the quintessential Washington insider can’t; seem to stay out of the news. First it was revealed that Richard Armitage was Bob Novak’s source for his story on … Continue reading
\n heavy for the mutant crew of the Cheney-gang. Armitage looks like the Adam’s
\n Family
\n Uncle Fester’s head spliced onto Lou Ferrigno’s body.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n threaten and therefore, ipso facto, he could not have threatened (the
\n logic of which
\n somehow escapes
\n us), it seems clear to the Dowbrigade’s overactive imagination that Armitage’s
\n rap went something like this: "Now look here General, all due respect,
\n but these psychopathic killers are using your territory to train terrorists
\n and coordinate attacks against the United States. We are committed
\n to exterminating these scum wherever they are hiding. These human vermin
\n have infected your country, and if we don’t have your complete and immediate
\n cooperation on the ground we are going to take our each and every one of the bastards with a
\n massive bombardment of high-tech aerial weapons systems which will effectively
\n transport Pakistan back to the stone age."<\/em><\/p>\n
\n acquiescence of General…..General is just delaying the inevitable. He
\n knew he was in a lose\/lose situation, and was just hoping to somehow get out alive. And looked at from within that context, he hasn’t done bad at all.
\n Now he feels he has
\n he has done his time, played his part, narrowly escaping over a dozen assassination attempts,
\n and as partial compensation has bribed Bush to endorse his book, building
\n buzz on a world stage, as he quickly feathers his nest for a pampered and
\n protected retirement far from the threatening streets of Islamabad, a retirement which
\n may come sooner rather than later.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n Pakistan’s restless young millions, without oil riches to placate them,
\n represent radical Islam’s best bet and easiest path to nuclear arms. Uneasy
\n rests the crown on General….General’s head, and we may all pay the price when it falls. Buy the way, the book comes out Wednesday….<\/em><\/p>\n