Britain’s Daily Telegraph Newspaper has withdrawn it’s correspondents from Pakistan in fear of reprisals over a stunningly frank editorial from last week that referred to Pervez Musharraf in, well, less than flattering terms. Much less than flatering: In the old parlance, General Pervez Musharraf is “our sonofabitch”. He has failed to stamp out extremist groups and close the madrassas that inspire them. He has allowed the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan to fall into the hands of assorted jihadis.and But that should not blind Britain and America to the fact that their “sonofabitch” in Pakistan is a spent force.
I find this refreshing. It is nice to see a major newspaper avoid the parsing of words that passes for journalism in this day and age. What is so wrong with calling a spade a spade? The biggest problem I have with today’s rampant political correctness is the abject fear most people have of calling things as they see them. Facts are facts and if calling Musharraf “Our sonofobitch” is crass, it is also directly on point. What surprises me about this story is that I have yet to see widespread condemnation of the Daily Telegraph by the rest of the MSM. Let us hope against hope that this editorial sparks a change in reporting.
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Britain’s Daily Telegraph Pulls Staff From Pakistan
