Musharraf to West: 'We have our own brains'
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DAVOS, Switzerland (CNN) -- Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf lashed out Thursday at what he called Western "intellectual arrogance" toward his country, angrily dismissing claims that rising unpopularity has undermined his authority.
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Pervez Musharraf blasted what he called the West's "intellectual arrogance" in criticizing him.
He also dismissed allegations that he cannot be trusted to hold free and fair elections as "totally absurd."
Musharraf, who was forced to impose a state of emergency last year to quell violent protests but failed to prevent the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, sought to defend his embattled leadership and record in combating terrorism.
"The mandate has been given. Why doesn't the West, which is supposed to be civilized, understand things?" Musharraf told CNN in an exclusive interview on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
"Why doesn't it understand that we maybe are a developing country, we have our flaws, we believe in constitution, we know how to run government, we are not such clueless people who do not know how to run a country, we have our own brains."
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Pervez Musharraf blasted what he called the West's "intellectual arrogance" in criticizing him.
He also dismissed allegations that he cannot be trusted to hold free and fair elections as "totally absurd."
Musharraf, who was forced to impose a state of emergency last year to quell violent protests but failed to prevent the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, sought to defend his embattled leadership and record in combating terrorism.
"The mandate has been given. Why doesn't the West, which is supposed to be civilized, understand things?" Musharraf told CNN in an exclusive interview on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
"Why doesn't it understand that we maybe are a developing country, we have our flaws, we believe in constitution, we know how to run government, we are not such clueless people who do not know how to run a country, we have our own brains."
Poor Muzzies, they think they understand democracy and civilization the way we do over here. We may need to bomb and/or invade them to show them how real civilized countries operate.