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Title: Pakistan Criticizes Obama on Comments
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Fox News
URL Source: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,291982,00.html
Published: Aug 3, 2007
Author: Associated Press
Post Date: 2007-08-06 08:12:09 by palo verde
Keywords: None
Views: 286
Comments: 21
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan criticized U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama on Friday for saying that, if elected, he might order military strikes against terrorists hiding in this Islamic country. Top Pakistan officials said Obama's comment was irresponsible and likely made for political gain in the race for the Democratic nomination. "It's a very irresponsible statement, that's all I can say," Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khusheed Kasuri told AP Television News. "As the election campaign in America is heating up we would not like American candidates to fight their elections and contest elections at our expense." Another presidential hopeful, Colorado Republican Tom Tancredo, also came under criticism Friday by a Pakistani official after saying that the best way to deter a nuclear terrorist attack on the United States would be to threaten to retaliate by bombing the holiest Islamic sites of Mecca and Medina. Tancredo spoke at a town hall meeting in Osceola, Iowa on Tuesday. In Washington, the State Department disavowed Tancredo's remarks, which some diplomats fear could damage U.S. ties with the Muslim world and hurt efforts to counter Islamist extremism. "It is absolutely outrageous and reprehensible for anyone to suggest attacks on holy sites, whether they are Muslim, Christian, Jewish or those of any other religion," deputy spokesman Tom Casey told reporters, adding that the comments were "absolutely crazy." In Pakistan's national assembly on Friday, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Sher Afgan said he would open debate next week on recent American criticism of Pakistan, including Tancredo's remarks. In a speech Wednesday, Obama said as president he would order military action against terrorists in Pakistan's tribal region bordering Afghanistan if intelligence warranted it. Many analysts believe that top Taliban and al-Qaida leaders, including Osama bin Laden, are hiding in the region after escaping the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. President Gen. Pervez Musharraf has come under growing pressure from Washington to do more to tackle the alleged al-Qaida havens in Pakistan. The Bush administration has not ruled out military strikes, but still stresses the importance of cooperating with Pakistan. "There are terrorists holed up in those mountains who murdered 3,000 Americans. They are plotting to strike again," Obama said. "If we have actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets and President Musharraf will not act, we will." Pakistan's state-run news agency reported Friday that Musharraf, asked about the possibility of U.S. military operations in Pakistan, said the country was "fully capable" of tackling terrorists in the country and did not need foreign assistance. Pakistan used to be a main backer of the Taliban, but it threw its support behind Washington following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Since then, Pakistan has deployed about 90,000 troops in its tribal regions, mostly in lawless North and South Waziristan, and has lost hundreds of troops in fighting with militants there. On Friday, 1,000 tribesmen rallied in Miran Shah, the main town in North Waziristan tribal area, condemning recent military operations and chanting slogans against the United States. "We will teach a lesson to America if it attacks us," local cleric Maulvi Mohammed Roman told the rally.
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#1. To: All (#0)
"There are terrorists holed up in those mountains who murdered 3,000 Americans. They are plotting to strike again," Obama said. "If we have actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets and President Musharraf will not act, we will." I guess Obama is cuckoo I pray Ron Paul is our President in '08
Our choice is clear. Either we fight the paki's there or in Central Park. Something like that...
I'm worried they might attack Branson, Missouri. So what if it's in the middle of the country? These guys are better than the Wehrmacht!
“When I am the weaker, I ask you for my freedom, because that is your principle; but when I am the stronger, I take away your freedom, because that is my principle.”-Louis Veuillot
Yeah....go ahead and laugh, but a new video surfaced this weekend from that American al-Qaida activist kid from California. Spam is a hot commodity in FReeperville of late.
Just another bomb thrower. This clown is not light in the loafers, he has none.
Obama made his idiotic remarks about invading Pakistan as a way of "backtracking" from his previous day's debate promises to meet with Ahmedinidjad, Kim Jong Il, Assad, etc. Hillary took him to task for promising to meet with "terrorists," so Obama had to turn around and look tough the next day. If he had any principles at all, he should have just defended his remarks by saying, "If Nixon can meet with Mao, why can't a US President today meet with Assad?" But of course, Obama is a scheming, political hack just like Hillary, so he has to talk out of both sides of his mouth.
If he had any principles at all, he should have just defended his remarks by saying, "If Nixon can meet with Mao, why can't a US President today meet with Assad?" But of course, Obama is a scheming, political hack just like Hillary, so he has to talk out of both sides of his mouth Precisely so. Obama couldn't find Pakistan on any map. Hillary probably thinks she can back-up her allegation that Iran's President is a terrorist, but her words would fall far short of accuracy. She's just going on that old and well-founded assumption that politicians can fool us Americans all the time; however, some of us have awakened and, fortunately, we're becoming very dubious about our politicians. Our awakening might be too little, and far too late....
good post, Bub
(Jethro) Our choice is clear. Either we fight the paki's there or in Central Park. Something like that... LOL good post Jethro Love, Palo
(Yertle Turtle) I'm worried they might attack Branson, Missouri. So what if it's in the middle of the country? These guys are better than the Wehrmacht you're safe in Bramson
The propaganda back in 2003 said that if "we" (who is "we" anyway?) didn't invade Iraq, then Saddam Hussein would beat us to the punch and send his troops to occupy Omaha, or something like that.
perceptive post
And surpisingly many believed it
Yesterday I stumbled across a TV rapture monkey ministry, Jack Van Impe and some talking bone names Rexella. So Jack goes on to tell the goobers that a nuke is going to explode over Nebraska and x-rays will be omitted in such amounts that everything electrical will stop dead. No cars, no food, no water, no crappers, etc. But the good news is we can all be saved for $29.95 a month.
lol. so will he be sending us cars, food, and crappers for that 30 bucks a month?
The creepiest guy I've ever run across -- and I haven't seen him in years -- is the toupeed, effeminate, rather resurrected-dead-looking Ernest Angley.
“When I am the weaker, I ask you for my freedom, because that is your principle; but when I am the stronger, I take away your freedom, because that is my principle.”-Louis Veuillot
They are so weird JT.. odd couple.
I damn near fell over when I came across them yesterday. This country is funny. In the NY/NJ market, these head cases are replaced by Gabe Pressman, and endless Mike Bloomberg interviews. Here in the Ozarks of PA, this crapola sells. Very sucky stuff.
I'll call your Rexella and raise you a Jan Crouch. “When I am the weaker, I ask you for my freedom, because that is your principle; but when I am the stronger, I take away your freedom, because that is my principle.”-Louis Veuillot
In a speech Wednesday, Obama said as president he would order military action against terrorists in Pakistan's tribal region bordering Afghanistan if intelligence warranted it.
it is time to have sanity in our government and our foreign policy
Love, Palo
#2. To: palo verde, cynicom, all (#1)
In a speech Wednesday, Obama said as president he would order military action against terrorists in Pakistan's tribal region bordering Afghanistan if intelligence warranted it.
#3. To: Jethro Tull (#2)
Either we fight the paki's there or in Central Park. Something like that...
#4. To: YertleTurtle (#3)
These guys are better than the Wehrmacht!
#5. To: Jethro Tull (#2)
We're screwed.
#6. To: palo verde (#1)
#7. To: Rupert_Pupkin (#6)
Obama made his idiotic remarks about invading Pakistan as a way of "backtracking" from his previous day's debate promises to meet with Ahmedinidjad, Kim Jong Il, Assad, etc. Hillary took him to task for promising to meet with "terrorists," so Obama had to turn around and look tough the next day.
#8. To: Bub (#7)
.... going on that old ... assumption that politicians can fool us Americans all the time;
however, some of us have awakened and, fortunately, we're becoming very dubious about our politicians.
Our awakening might be too little, and far too late....
thankfully I believe our awakening is just in the nick of time
and we will put Ron Paul in the White House in this election
Love, Palo
#9. To: Jethro Tull (#2)
(article) In a speech Wednesday, Obama said as president he would order military action against terrorists in Pakistan's tribal region bordering Afghanistan if intelligence warranted it.
no question about it, if we don't bomb Pakistan to smithereeens
they will come over and take out McSorley's Ale House on East 7th St
#10. To: YertleTurtle (#3)
(Jethro) Either we fight the paki's there or in Central Park. Something like that...
it's Tucson they plan to attack
#11. To: Jethro Tull (#2)
Our choice is clear. Either we fight the paki's there or in Central Park. Something like that...
#12. To: Rupert_Pupkin (#6)
Love, Palo
#13. To: Rupert_Pupkin (#11)
The propaganda back in 2003 said that if "we" (who is "we" anyway?) didn't invade Iraq, then Saddam Hussein would beat us to the punch and send his troops to occupy Omaha, or something like that.
I was on a forum where many posters believed if we didn't go into Iraq, Saddam would kill them in their bed as they slept
Because fear is an emotion, I never tried to talk them out of it logically
I just tried to post to them peacefully
Love, Palo
#14. To: Rupert_Pupkin (#11)
#15. To: Jethro Tull (#14)
No cars, no food, no water, no crappers, etc. But the good news is we can all be saved for $29.95 a month.
#16. To: Jethro Tull (#14)
TV rapture monkey ministry, Jack Van Impe
#17. To: YertleTurtle (#16)
I'll bump that toupee, and raise you a Rexella.
#18. To: Jethro Tull (#17)
#19. To: Zipporah (#18)
#20. To: Jethro Tull (#17)
I'll bump that toupee, and raise you a Rexella.
#21. To: YertleTurtle (#20)
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