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    Default Re: Obama and Pakistan

    Quote Originally Posted by discovery1
    Woah, Obama says he'd be willing to go after targets in Pakistan without consulting their government.
    As I understood it, he never said anything about "not consulting." His line was that if we had actionable intelligence, and Pakistan refused to act, we would. A subtle distinction, but an important one.

    "Destabilize our ally"? Interesting way of looking at things. OBL's been camping out in their Road Warrior-esque backyard since 2002 onward. They can't or won't do anything about it. While we've been distracting ourselves in Iraq, the man behind the murders of thousands of Americans has been a resident of a country that receives a billion dollars a year of U.S. aid.

    Allies, indeed.

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    Actual quote, just so's we're all on the same page:

    "I understand that President Musharraf has his own challenges. But let me make this clear. If we have actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets and (Pakistani) President (Pervez) Musharraf will not act, we will."
    Last edited by Lemur; 08-05-2007 at 04:48.

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