OOPS! Gen Musharraf sez Iraq war has made world 'less safe'

But says pulling troops too early would be a mistake

WASHINGTON (CNN) Monday, December 6 -- The U.S.-led invasion of Iraq was a mistake that has made the world a more dangerous place, but a swift withdrawal would make matters worse, Pakistan's president said this weekend.

"I think it's less safe," Gen. Pervez Musharraf said on CNN's "Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer."

Asked whether he considered the invasion a mistake, the Pakistani leader said: "With hindsight, yes. We have landed ourselves in more trouble, yes."

Gen. Musharraf will never make it as a proper Bush sycophant. He clearly didn’t check those lines with the administration before he spoke them. Darn, and Dear Leader had been telling me that the world was safer. Oh well. Read the article at http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/12/05/musharraf.cnn/index.html.