Posted on 09/20/2006 3:00:39 PM PDT by rightinthemiddle
POSTED: 5:43 p.m. EDT, September 20, 2006
NEW YORK (CNN) -- President Bush said Wednesday he would order U.S. forces to go after Osama bin Laden inside Pakistan if he received good intelligence on the fugitive al Qaeda leader's location.
"Absolutely," Bush told CNN's Wolf Blitzer in an interview scheduled for air Wednesday afternoon.
Although Pakistan has said it won't allow U.S. troops to operate within its territory, "we would take the action necessary to bring him to justice."
But Pakistan's president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, told reporters Wednesday at the United Nations that his government would oppose any U.S. action in its territory.
"We wouldn't like to allow that at all. We will do it ourselves," he said.
A January airstrike on suspected al Qaeda figures on the Pakistan border provoked protests by tens of thousands of Pakistanis and complaints by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, who said U.S. officials launched the attack without consulting his government.
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Is there a problem with that? Who gives a fat rats rectum what Musharaff thinks or says after his surrender.
Hmm..."would," or "have"?
You won't be given the chance to alert Osamas buddies in the ISI..
He is OUR's!
Combine this with what Mushy said in a meeting at the UN...about OBL's general location being north of Peshawar and between Kunar and Bajaur along the Paki-Afghani border.
I would support him sending troops into CNN!
After all, what is the real difference?
I would prefer we send troops to KILL him.
We will...
1. Pakistan agrees to allow US military to go after terrorists in the Tribal Areas between Pakistan and Afghanistan. (In spite of all this talk that the govt doesn't want us to "invade" their territory).
2. Pakistan govt. agrees to allow peaceful terrorists to live free in their country.
3. Which leads to Pakistan withdrawing their military from the Tribal Areas.
The effect of this is that the Paki military is not going to be in the area to either confront the US Special Forces that might come in, or to inform on us to the locals. All of this sounds strongly to me that we are about to go into this disputed, lawless territory for either Bin Ladin or some other high-value targets.
I think this might take place before the fall elections. Is this Bush's October Surprise?
Although Pakistan has said it won't allow U.S. troops to operate within its territory, "we would take the action necessary to bring him to justice."
And just what do you Pakistan folks consider justice? Sounds to me like it's time to put up or shut up...
Rove! You magnificent Bastard!
I don't know which would be please me more: getting bin Ladin or the crying by the dems about the timing.
Could you see the media reaction...hahaha.
The only problem is that the Dems are calling him a fli-flopper since he said he wouldn't do it last week.
His comments were that Pakistan is "sovereign" and we can't go in without their permission.
His words...not mine.
Either way, I see no problem correcting the record and getting OBL wherever he is.
We'd actually send a drone to shoot missiles. It's probably far better to kill Osama than to capture him.
Tough sh*t Mushie. Paks have let this go on for far to long and the US is growing tired of their double speak. Give us Osama,Zawahiri, and mullah Omar or will do a direct interdiction into your territory if our intel picks them up. Sorry the muslim nuke bomb doesnt scare us. We have thousands, which are very accurate and much much more powerful.The time for games is over zero barrier is approaching.
Do double standard there at all, right?
Right on both counts.
Side of B-52's With That,,,Here or To Go,,,,,?
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