These comments only expose how tenuous and fragile Pakistan's relationship is with the United States," Pakistani analyst and retired army Gen. Talat Masood said Friday. "They prove a lot more has to be done to establish a relationship on a much more solid foundation."
....Musharraf told CBS that Richard Armitage, the then deputy secretary of state, told Pakistan's intelligence director that the United States could attack if the South Asian nation did not back the war on terror.
....Musharraf told CBS that Richard Armitage, the then deputy secretary of state, told Pakistan's intelligence director that the United States could attack if the South Asian nation did not back the war on terror.
"The intelligence director told me that (Armitage) said, 'Be prepared to be bombed. Be prepared to go back to the Stone Age,'" Musharraf told CBS' "60 Minutes" in an interview to air Sunday.
Musharraf said the remark was insulting, but said he reacted responsibly. "One has to think and take actions in the interests of the nation and that is what I did," he said.
The White House and State Department declined to comment. Armitage told CNN he never threatened to bomb Pakistan but that he delivered a tough message to the Muslim nation that it was either "with us or against us."
