#1 Pygmy: Hillary Clinton Friday called for an independent, international probe into Benazir Bhutto's murder, as turmoil wracking US anti-terror ally Pakistan reshaped debate in the White House race.
#2 Pygmy: Even as she spoke, a new row broke out with her Democratic rival Barack Obama whose top strategist Thursday highlighted Clinton's 2002 Senate vote for the Iraq war, which he said had boosted Al-Qaeda, suspected in Bhutto's murder.
#3 Pygmy: Former NATO commander Wesley Clark, a Clinton backer, thrust home a counter-attack, saying it was a time for "leadership not politics." "Senator Obama's campaign seems to believe that Senator Clinton's actions led to the tragic events in Pakistan, this is an incredible and insulting charge," he said.
#2 Pygmy again: Obama, campaigning in Williamsburg, Iowa, said Washington should cut military aid to Pakistan, until Musharraf embraced democracy, and said the US invasion of Iraq was a distraction from the "war on terror. We should have been focused in Afghanistan, finishing off Al-Qaeda."
#4 (semi) Pygmy: Veteran Republican Senator John McCain earlier called for extreme care in US dealings with Pakistan. "We want to do everything we can, but it has to be practical and it has to be achievable, and it has to be not opening another front in a war that we are overstressed with today," McCain said on Fox News.
#5 (semi) Pygmy: Republican rival Mitt Romney raised doubts over whether Musharraf could keep a lid on political unrest.
"I'm not concerned about the quality of his character, but I am concerned about the quality of his judgment in a setting like this," Romney said, and dismissed suggestions foreign policy fears could bolster rivals with more experience on the international stage.
#6 Pygmy: Former United Nations ambassador Bill Richardson, a Democratic candidate, called for a halt to US aid to Pakistan until Musharraf left office and full democracy was restored. "Not one penny more ... until Musharraf is gone and the rule of law is restored," he said.
#7 Pygmy: Breakout Republican Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor, dismissed suggestions his lack of experience on national security meant he would be unable to handle crises like that sparked by Bhutto's murder. "I don't think it's appropriate to respond in a political way," Huckabee told reporters, warning candidates should not play "political games" over the grave situation in Pakistan.
Stay tuned - we still haven't heard what those equally qualified Pygmies Kucinich and Edwards have to offer in this intellectually dwarfed debate.. I gotta go back and read Pygmy #6's comments again - they would be simply stupid if this wasn't so serious.....
Woe is us!!
(Picture of Bhutto's funeral today)
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