Pervie Pervez is a Sexy Beast

Dear person in power when this letter arrives in Pakistan:

Please, please, please, let Musharraf keep his uniform.

I was fine with Musharraf stepping down today as leader of Pakistan's armed forces, and totally OK with his being sworn in as a civilian. But, I think I speak for Pervez and myself when I say, let him keep the uniform. Speaking for himself, a demilitarized but feklempt Musharraf said, "I am bidding farewell to the army after having been in uniform for 46 years...This army is my life, my passion. I love this army, and this relationship will continue, although I will not be in uniform." It seems like Musharraf is most concerned about not being able to wear his uniform. Can you blame him? A picture is worth a thousand words, (I guess these two are worth 2,000 words) so please, take a look!

In a suit, the President looks looks like an avuncular bureaucrat, a friend of the West, a supporter of democracy. But in a military uniform, General Pervez "Pervie" Musharraf is transformed into the sexy beast he really is: the naughty bad boy/ stern task master who will launch a coup on you from behind, crush your opposition, bump and grind and oust your elected leaders, suspend your constitution, and declare his martial law all over you until you're begging for reform. With his nuclear virulence and proliferation, Musharraf could literally rock your world and blow your mind.

This is why "The Mush" isn't the only one obsessing about the wardrobe change. I'm freaking out! Who is going to fulfill my democracy-touting, oppressive dictator-in-army-uniform fantasy, now that Pervez is back in plainclothes?

Sincerely,
Katie Halper

Comments

[JoDeeVa]

Tsk, tsk..YOU are so naughty, Katie!..but, so misguided! You need not look further than our own fearless leader to know that a uniform doth not, the man maketh..
1) Our own supreme court was complicit in a coup, now towing the supreme leader's line.
2) Gore, Kerry & the democratic-controlled congress know what it is to be the crushed opposition..oh sure, Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize, but Bush don't need no stinkin' Peace anything to keep Congress in line. And, Kerry..who?
3) Colin Powell was a stunning vision is his uniform, both in the first Iraqi "intervention" and at the UN touting the second one..lot of good that did him, eh?
4) Ousting elected leaders?..refer to numbers 1 & 2. Hmm, think Bush would have declared martial law, if Florida hadn't had Jeb/ Kathleen colluding in the first place?.or, say in 2008 if things look bad for the republicans or citizens take to the streets as the sable-rattling continues on the march to Iran?
5) Suspending the constitution?..our suit-clad, uniform-less leader was the epitomy of cool & swagger, as he and his cronies Addington and Yoo..at the bidding of Darth Cheney did all they needed to within days of 911, guaranteeing presidential power to do anything they deemed necessary. Not a shot was fired (well, except in Afghanistan/ Iraq..over there so they won't be over here!) with a complicit congress.. besides, remember "Mission Accomplished?"
Man, the one time he donned anything close to a uniform, how appropriate that it was a bomber jacket, as he did just that..bombed! (never mind the ill-fated National Guard uniform fiasco!)

So, you see? You need not fear the loss of a uniform to fulfill your "democracy-touting, oppressive dictator-in-army-uniform fantasy, now that Pervez is back in plainclothes." With Bush as an example..Musharraf,
even as "an avuncular bureaucrat, a friend of the West, a supporter of democracy".."with his nuclear virulence and proliferation, could literally rock your world and blow your mind"..uniform or not!

[Pdubya]

sometimes a man is his clothes.