Posted on 07/21/2008 12:16:06 PM PDT by SE Mom
In his interview with CBS News, Obama says:
Logan: Because you do have a situation seven years on into this war where Osama bin Laden and all his lieutenants and all the leaders of the Taliban, they’re still there. And they’re inside Pakistan.
Obama: Right. It’s a huge problem. And first of all, if we hadn’t taken our eye off the ball, we might have caught them before they got into Pakistan and were able to reconstitute themselves. Several times in recent interviews, Obama has referred to "taken our eye off the ball" in terms of the invasion of Iraq, which began in March of 2003. We don't know precisely when Osama bin Laden entered Pakistan, but it is generally believed that he escaped Tora Bora and crossed the border sometime in late November or the beginning of December 2001.
(Somehow the U.S. took its collective eyes off the ball to prevent an event that occurred in December 2001 by sending troops to another country starting in March 2002 for an invasion that began in 2003.
It's not as if the geopolitical challenges of sending U.S. troops into Pakistan suddenly appeared in March 2003. Once Osama crossed the border, the potential cost of pursuing him —i.e., a civil war in a country with nuclear weapons — became higher and the consequences became riskier.
Also note that CBS' Lara Logan forces Obama to concede that his oft-touted call to kill Osama bin Laden in Pakistani territory is actually current U.S. policy. )
(Excerpt) Read more at campaignspot.nationalreview.com ...
New definition of infinity:
Put Obama in front of an infinite number of microphones for an infinite number of hours in front of an infinite number of reporters and not only will he eventually say something intelligent, but at least one member of the MSM will report it.
Bwahahahahah, this is the best front man the dems could find.
How pathetic.
His FORMER pal, willie klintoon, passed on three offers to turn the SOB over to us.
BO is a very dangerous person.
“The election is Nov. 21st
Actually, it’s November 4th, 2008.”
Way to go.....we’ve had this grand scheme going on FR that we’d play up that the election is on the 21st for the demorats!
Gee, Barry we have already captured some of Bin Laden’s top henchman and are holding them in GITMO. However, you want to turn them loose or give them US civil trials. What if we captured Bin Laden, what would you propose we do with him? Would you favor taking him out or would that not set well with the pacifist crowd? You said that the reason we were attacked on 9-11 is that we were too arrogant ...should we then allow you to apologize to Bin Laden? Be careful what you wish for.
Don't worry!!! Those in Chicago who have had to listen to this pompus blowhard says he really starts wearing on you.
Hot Air:
Logan to Obama: Remind me, how does your policy on the Pakistani tribal areas differ from Bush’s?
posted at 4:45 pm on July 21, 2008 by Allahpundit
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It doesn’t really. If he gets Bin Laden in the crosshairs, he’ll shoot to kill — as will Bush, a point Obama concedes. If he gets Al Qaeda’s training camps in the crosshairs, he’ll … pressure Pakistan to move against them, a strategy that’s failed dismally under the GOP but which will work like a charm, I suppose, once it’s infused with magic Messiah mojo and greenmail in the form of a tripling in the amount of non-military aid we currently send to the country. Are Pakistanis really going to jettison their ethno-religious identification with denizens of the tribal areas and go storming into AQ camps when their military’s had a hell of a time there over the past few years, just because the amount of U.S. lucre they’re getting increased by some arbitary amount? Can’t hurt to try, but set expectation phasers on lowest low.
As for the point noted by Geraghty at the very end, about the Iraq invasion of 2003 leading us to “take our eye off the ball” in December 2001, I’m guessing Obama’s thinking of this WaPo piece from 2006. Exit question borrowed from Ace: To the extent that Obama’s hinting he’ll hit the training camps unilaterally if Pakistan balks, does the left’s mantra that killing terrorists only breeds more terrorists apply in that case too or does Barry get to use his “get out of talking points free” card?
ROFL!!!
On that point...posted this earlier today:
PESHAWAR: ANP blames secret agencies for Fata unrest
ISI is a secret Agencie....
6 years ago the world would have died laughing at the mere thought of a President named “Barack Hussein Obama”. IT’S INSANE!
He was making fun of those leftist moonbats who think it’s Bush’s fault.
Much better. lol
It can’t go on like this forever. I have to think there will be a backlash at some point from regular decent Americans...?? There has to be a breaking point.
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YES! I think that every DAY. Then I start worrying that we’re too far gone...that maybe the ordinary American is not so common anymore..
Lol, thanks Ernest, that’s a funny one. About 760KB too! I have the perfect bird to put over him but that would make it a meg!
Pakistan Vows to Fight Terrorism, But Foreign Troops Not Welcome
Thanks a million for passing on that good summation of the Obamination and his idiocy.
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