Former Pakistan President criticises Obama

In a one-on-one interview with CNN’s Piers Morgan, former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has given his opinion on the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden, and President Barack Obama’s comments.

He says that raid was “technically” an act of war.

This episode will air on Friday May 27th.

PIERS MORGAN: President Obama said this week on British television for a state visit to Britain that if the same event arose again, he would do the same, and if it happens in the future with other known terrorists of al Qaeda, he’ll take the same action. So we have a clear now flashpoint between Pakistan and America.

GEN. PERVEZ MUSHARRAF: Yes. I think this is putting the Pakistan leadership and government on the dock. And I think it’s not a very responsible statement.

MORGAN: You think it’s irresponsible for President Obama to say that?

MUSHARRAF: Yes, indeed.

MORGAN: Because it basically implies that America has rights in terms of taking action on the sovereign soil as in Pakistan, we saw with Bin Laden, that it has a right to do that when you say it has no right to do that.

MUSHARRAF: Certainly, no country has a right to intrude into any other country. Actually, I mean, technically or legally you see it it’s an act of war. So therefore, I think it is an irresponsible statement and I think such arrogance should not be shown publicly to the world.

Piers Morgan Tonight airs at 9pm weeknights on CNN.