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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Godspeed to your courageous brother, Roses...
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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