Posted on 05/06/2009 4:06:18 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON – The fuse that could ignite an explosion of Islamic militancy in Afghanistan and Pakistan is burning so fast that the Obama administration is scrambling to keep pace.
As Pakistan's army finally opened a belated offensive against the advance of extremist Taliban fighters, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and his key security ministers huddled Wednesday with their Afghan and U.S. counterparts in all-day meetings in Washington.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai started the day on a solemn note, acknowledging Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's expressions of regret for the deaths of dozens of Afghan civilians killed during Monday's battle between U.S. forces and the Taliban.
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I like eggs.
How about you, Obama?
It did not take a genius to figure out it would not take long for the presence of the Oval Office occupant to greatly energize our enemies. Our enemies are not stupid either.
Good idea. Send 0be over to talk to them without preconditions.
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to the media in the Grand Foyer of the White House with Afghan President Hamid Karzai (L) and President Asif Ali Zardari (R) of Pakistan at his sides after their meeting in Washington May 6, 2009. Obama brought the Afghan and Pakistani presidents to the White House on Wednesday to promote cooperation against the Taliban but Afghan civilian deaths cast a shadow on the talks. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
uhh, stomp, uhhh, ohhh, stomp, ohhh, owww, owww, wow, that’s hot.
Amateur hour. Didn’t ZERO say he would bomb Pakistan?
Help us. We didn’t deserve this POTUS.
I never thought I’d ever say anything like this, but I’d probably feel a lot safer if Hillary had won...
Remember Carter and the Shah? Can you say “Obama and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari”?
Only this time, instead of the Muslims inheriting a bunch of U.S. military jets, they get the Pakistani nuclear arsenal!
If the Taliban extremists (Obama apparently believes there are moderates among them) are advancing out in the open, Obama should order them strafed from the air, with the Pakis’ permission of course. As for civilian causalties, there will always be a lot of them when fighting Islamic terrorists because they hide among civilians as a deliberate strategy.
No problem, Obama will just talk to them and after they see how smart he is, they will just cease their evil ways and all will be good in the world.
Not to worry...the messiah, the anointed one....himself the 0bama, will pick up the white courtesy phone and call the UN.
Problem over.
Don’t worry, I’m sure Obama will talk to Osama when he has control of Pakistan’s nukes, Osama will only demand our total annihilation, maybe he can bargain with Osama for only 3-4 large American cities to be destroyed.
The purple-lipped Nigerian doesn’t have a f***k’n clue.
While Obama fiddles......
I am not for sending our troops into Afghanistan or Pakistan. We have plenty of oil stateside. Let’s concentrate on producing it here rather than waste the lives of our precious sons and daughters over there. The problems in the M.E. been going on forever. There is nothing we can do to solve them.
It looks like the camera caught those thumbs mid-twiddle!
No problem, he’ll just whip out the giant credit card we’ve given him and he’ll spread good cheer all over the place and make everyone happy.
Godspeed to your courageous brother, Roses...
Am I the only one made uncomfortable by the sight of that big Crescent over Obama's shoulder?
I cannot even begin to imagine how you must feel about that. Your brother can count on lots of prayers here and I am sure that he has the best of the best around him.
These men are something to behold, and I thank God for them!
I have said it all along...his goal is to reduce American and Israeli power.
He and his kind believe that WE are the problem.
“I hear you...my brother just landed in Afghanistan yesterday.”
My nephew arrived last week.
“Suicide Bombings Justified From Prophet’s Days”
Daily Times | 5/7/09
Posted on 05/06/2009 4:21:55 PM PDT by nickcarraway
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2245688/posts
(it appears contact with family will be rare, some of his email below)
we had to wear body armor and Kevlar the whole three and a half hours.
> Please let Pam know I made it, computer time right now is very rare.
> Have been up about 48 hours straight. Later, Mike
Pakistan is a tinder box and Obama is sending mixed signals by saying he might negotiate with “moderate” Taliban. If Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal falls into the hands of the Taliban and thus to Islamic terrorists the world will be a very dangerous place indeed. I could see both India and Israel doing what ever was necessary to prevent Pakistani nukes from getting under Taliban control.
“Acknowledging that “the road ahead will be difficult,” Obama said he has made a “lasting commitment” to not only defeat extremism in both countries but to salvage their shaky democracies.
“No matter what happens we will not be deterred,” Obama said Wednesday with Zardari and Karzai standing at his side in the White House.
Earlier, as the summit began, Clinton called the gathering a “breakthrough meeting,” telling reporters the sessions covered trade, water sharing, military training and anti-corruption drives among other issues.
“We are facing a common enemy, and we have, therefore, made common cause together,” Clinton said at a ceremonial opening, also flanked by Karzai and Zardari in her department’s ornate Benjamin Franklin Room.
While encouraged, the Obama team faces an extended and costly task in both countries. It has a solid plan for success, but there is no certainty the America people will sustain the patience needed, nor that the U.S. Treasury has sufficient dollars. “
“”Clinton called the gathering a “breakthrough meeting,” “
“”It has a solid plan for success, but there is no certainty the America people will sustain the patience needed, nor that the U.S. Treasury has sufficient dollars. “”
The journalists did not say that of Bush’s plans.
The whole article is a load of crap. It it only shows that they don’t know what the hell they are doing.
Prayers for you, his mother, as well.
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