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Originally Posted by ernie
That is a quote one has to be careful about. I believe it was responding to a question about if the US had rock solid intelligence that Bin Laden was in pakistan or that there was an imminent terrorist threat originating from a group in pakistan he would authorize the use of troops to go in and eliminate that threat.
They same thing most other candidates have said they would do. The same thing most leaders of any country would do.
The same thing Bush said he'd do when asked the same question (not surprisingly now that Bush is in re-elect Republican mode he forgot he said the same thing and ridiculed Obama just a few days ago for that comment...ridicule helped by taking the comment out of context).
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Lets be realistic here....if you're running for POTUS you don't make ridiculous comments about sending troops into Pakistan without them condoning it, no matter HOW right it is....plus, any operation into Pakistan is probably covert, so Obama needs to shut up about it.
Especially if Pakistan is supposed to be considered an 'ally'.....even if they aren't exactly abiding by 'all' the rules.
I thought we didn't like it when the US attacks sovereign nations?