Karat says Bush is a fool, cautions India not to go in Pakistan way

Nov 08: Prakash Karat, CPI (M) General Secretary on Thursday called George W Bush a fool in retaliation for Bush comparison of Russian leader Lenin with Osama bin Laden and Adolf Hitler.

Karat said, “He (George Bush) is a fool. I have heard that a few days ago he said Lenin, Hitler and Osama Bin Laden were alike,” in a function organised to commemorate the 90 th anniversary of Russia's 1917 October Revolution.

“The world knows he is weak in the knowledge of history but now it has also been established that George Bush is also a fool,” he added further.

He said with a word of caution that India should learn a lesson from the situation in Pakistan, which compromised its foreign policy for an alliance with the US pointing that it could be harmful for national sovereignty.

He asked his party workers to take pledge to weed out imperialism.

He said, “Those who feel that US imperialism cannot be a threat to a country like India, should look at the situation in Pakistan now”.

Enumerating that it is because of Pakistan’s pro-US policies, the General is left with no option but imposing emergency on Pakistan.

“It is a signal from the US that Musharraf could be removed, this is what happens when you compromise with your national sovereignty,” he further said.

He mentioned that America is holding consultations with big parties in India to pressurize them on the nuclear deal.

On the above issue he said, “We are not worried because the democratic forces in the country are strong”.