Our Buddies in Pakistan

Yeah, that Bush foreign policy has been a non-stop story of TEH AWESOME!

Bears yet more fruit:

President Gen. Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency in Pakistan on Saturday, state TV said, ahead of a crucial Supreme Court decision on whether to overturn his recent election win.

The report gave no reason for the emergency but it follows weeks of speculation that the president — who is also chief of the army — could take the step, amid rising political turmoil and Islamic militant violence...

The U.S. and other Western allies this week urged him not to take steps that would jeopardize the country's transition to democracy. Musharraf took power in a 1999 coup...

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, speaking to reporters Thursday en route to diplomatic meetings in Turkey and the Middle East, said the U.S. would not support any move by Musharaff to declare martial law.

Yet another stunning non-success for the Bush foreign policy team.

Well, it has been updated that Musharraf has surrounded the Pakistani Supreme Court with the justices inside -- before they could declare his reelection invalid (he received numbers akin to Saddam's laughable relection in Iraq before Operation Clusterfuck).

Naturally, Bush as ever, managed to completely fuck things up ON THE RECORD:

The United States Saturday congratulated Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf for his re-election to the post.

'Pakistan is an important partner and ally to the United States and we congratulate them for today's election,' White House spokesman Scott Stanzel said.

That was issued on October 6th.