WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama called Wednesday for a harder line against Al Qaeda operatives hiding in tribal areas of Pakistan even at the risk of undercutting the American ally who leads the Muslim state.
The Illinois senator even threatened to use U.S. military force in those areas if Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf did not.
"I understand that President Musharraf has his own challenges. But let me make this clear," Obama said. "If we have actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets and President Musharraf will not act, we will."
The Bush Administration has followed a delicate strategy in Pakistan. The White House has prodded Musharraf, a key ally in the struggle against the Taliban, to take stronger steps against terrorist havens while also taking care not to undermine a leader who maintains a tenuous hold on power and faces an internal challenge from Islamic fundamentalists.
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Who knew? Obama for President!
Posted by Kevin Hansen at 11:50 AM
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I have thought for a long time that WE should turn a bunch of sand in to a lot of glass until OBL is produced on a shield ... or his teeth. Do an area and then another area and then another ... seriously, all the bombs are paid for. The warring tribesman will start to blather, especially if one of them is a nuke - those make lots of glass.
Back to the music ...
BO
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