Q: What's a military coup?

A: That's when a military general takes over the
government of a country by force, instead of holding
free elections like we do in the United States.

Q: Didn't the ruler of Pakistan come to power by a
military coup?

A: You mean General Pervez Musharraf? Uh, yeah, he
did, but Pakistan is our friend.


Q: Why is Pakistan our friend if their leader is
illegitimate?

A: I never said Pervez Musharraf was illegitimate.


Q: Didn't you just say a military general who comes to
power by forcibly overthrowing the legitimate
government of a nation is an illegitimate leader?

A: Only Saddam Hussein. Pervez Musharraf is our
friend, because he helped us invade Afghanistan.
Q: Why did we invade Afghanistan?

A: Because of what they did to us on September 11th.


Q: What did Afghanistan do to us on September 11th?

A: Well, on September 11th, nineteen men - fifteen of
them Saudi Arabians - hijacked four airplanes and flew
three of them into buildings, killing over 3,000
Americans.
Q: So how did Afghanistan figure into all that?

A: Afghanistan was where those bad men trained, under
the oppressive rule of the Taliban.

Q: Aren't the Taliban those bad radical Islamics who
chopped off people's heads and hands?

A: Yes, that's exactly who they were. Not only did
they chop off people's heads and hands, but they
oppressed women, too.


Q: Didn't the Bush administration give the Taliban 43