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. )
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Liberals are funny when they are not in power.
They scare the crap out of me when they are in power.
I know that there are many good Freepers that dislike McCain so much that they are going to sit out the election, but geez, do you really think we can survive 4 years of President Obama? McCain is a RINO, no question about it. But at least he isn't a complete idiot when it comes to foreign policy and U.S. defense.
sorry - got it mixed up with my birthday.
hope i don’t get bo for president for my birthday!
Obama: If I had it to do over again, I’d still oppose the surge
hotair.com | July 21, 2008 | Allahpundit
Posted on Monday, July 21, 2008 09:00:45 PM by Free ThinkerNY
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049125/posts
These Dems have to run Hillary.
Heaven help us, the man is a complete knob.
He’ll have to go to China or India to top this....or wither away with nothing else to do while ignoring gas prices and illegal immigration
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Flopping Aces ^ | 07-21-08 | Mataharley
Posted on Mon 21 Jul 2008 04:32:13 PM PDT by Starman417
While the hopeful POTUS DNC candidate jets around Europe and the Middle East to meet with leaders he will be "dealing with for the next eight to 10 years," - along with an adoring media circus in tow - it's amazing how all reports of his "tour of duty" manage to ellude the gaping hole in Obama's Middle East foreign policy strategy. Were he serious about his transfer of the battle against the Global Islamic Jihad Movement to Afghanistan, his first stop should have been Pakistan.
Instead, that is the one place Obama fears to tread. He has not laid the groundwork well for US relations with the Pakistani allied government, and they have noticed. It started back in August 2007, when Obama announced his cowboy policy towards Pakistan, saying:
Back in August, I said we should work with the Pakistani government, first of all to encourage democracy in Pakistan, and secondly, that we have to press them to do more to take on al Qaeda in their territory," the Illinois Democrat, who now threatens to strike at Senator Hillary Rodham Hillary in New Hampshire after a stunning performance in Iowa, said."What I said was, if they could not or would not do so, and we had actionable intelligence, then I would strike."
Pakistan wasted no time in responding to the junior Senator's threats of invasion.
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Yo Phil! Heheh. “Obi From Nairobi”. I hope you won’t mind if I use this one somewhere down the pike. It really is great.
Thanks. I was in particular thinking about your nick name for the moron, “Obi from Nairobi”. Glad to see I got permission. I took the liberty of responding to Ernest using BOH’s nickname.
On the serious side. It is going to become rather difficult for the L/MSM to continue to protect Obi from Nairobi as he daily cuts his own throat. McCain’s crew should be working overtime on all the stuff they can use for their adds.
Anti-Obama Sarcasm Torpedo ARMED. FIRE!!
Find the real killer for O.J. Simpson?
Heal Tiger Woods?
Go back in a time warp and divert Hurricane Katrina away from New Orleans?
"In the name of Obama, the Compassionate, the Merciful..."
Cheers!
You racist! /MSM>
Cheers!
This reminds me of John Kerry telling us he would get out of Iraq sooner by "training the Iraqis faster."
Just mindless idiotic pandering that doesn't mean anything.
Obama is arrogant and ignorant; his self-absorbed meddling will only aid the terrorists and isolate our allies.
He is a dangerous fool, and reveals himself day by day to lack the slightest understanding or respect for our warriors or their task.
Yes, McCain is getting his ad copy written for him by the other team.
Those whom the gods wish to destroy they will first make mad--and Obi from Nairobi is a megalomaniac.
It’s really not socially acceptable to hit a woman, you know.
:)
Giggle.
I just wanna see the slapdown that occurs in November.... I'm almost feeling guilty about the pleasure that I will derive from seeing a lot of my fellow Americans howl like moonbats when the Great Obami gets his just desserts.
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