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Pakistan's president impeached

deadonthestreetdeadonthestreet Registered User regular
edited August 2008 in Debate and/or Discourse
So what we have going on now is the parliament has impeached the president and are trying to throw him out of office. The president has the power to dissolve the parliament before that happens.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7548382.stm

So, uh, what do we want to happen? How long before McCain runs with this? If there is a civil war, is the US going in there militarily?

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  • BasarBasar IstanbulRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    deadonthestreet wrote: »
    If there is a civil war, is the US going in there militarily?

    Haha. That'll be ultimate failure.

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  • FirstComradeStalinFirstComradeStalin Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Musharraf has lost a lot of his standing with the military the past few years. It's most likely that if he is impeached the military brass will be fine with it.

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  • redxredx I(x)=2(x)+1 whole numbersRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Basar wrote: »
    deadonthestreet wrote: »
    If there is a civil war, is the US going in there militarily?

    Haha. That'll be ultimate failure.

    It depends on the capacity. They have nukes on rockets, the international community as a whole has a great deal of intrest in what happens to them, and we would almost certainly take some steps to maintain some sort of border between it and afganistan.

    as far as taking serious sides in the issue, I think it would a bad move, and one the US could in no way afford.

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  • ElkiElki get busy Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited August 2008
    Nice. Nice.

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  • monikermoniker Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    redx wrote: »
    Basar wrote: »
    deadonthestreet wrote: »
    If there is a civil war, is the US going in there militarily?

    Haha. That'll be ultimate failure.

    It depends on the capacity. They have nukes on rockets, the international community as a whole has a great deal of intrest in what happens to them, and we would almost certainly take some steps to maintain some sort of border between it and afganistan.

    as far as taking serious sides in the issue, I think it would a bad move, and one the US could in no way afford.

    No, the Pakistani military has nukes on rockets. They aren't on either side at the moment, and if/when they do take a side that's the one which is going to win the debate. I would bank on it being Parliament, but we'll see.

    At least this is due to something inconsequential like suspending justices on the supreme court and centralizing authority in the executive. Musharraf is lucky he didn't do something really horrible, like lie about getting a blowjob.

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  • DukiDuki Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Did you actually just make a Clinton joke?

    My God.

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  • monikermoniker Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Duki wrote: »
    Did you actually just make a Clinton joke?

    My God.

    Yes I did, but I am not your messiah.

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  • [Tycho?][Tycho?] As elusive as doubt Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Is he still Commander in Chief of their army?

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  • nexuscrawlernexuscrawler Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    [Tycho?] wrote: »
    Is he still Commander in Chief of their army?

    Pretty sure he is but his standing nationwide is shit right now so they may turn on him.

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  • GoodOmensGoodOmens Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    deadonthestreet wrote: »
    The president has the power to dissolve the parliament before that happens.

    OK, I just find that absurd. It would be like Kwame Kilpatrick shutting down the cities police and courts to avoid going to jail.

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