[G8 Diplomat]

Pakistan ۋﮧ۱م

FReepmail if you want on or off

[Old Sarge]

Plus the fact that this reminds us that this is part of a much greater picture - this is a war that we are engaged in and it is an international conflict...Pakistan and other parts of the world are part of this and they are under attack."

He gets it. Thankfully, someone gets it.

[NewRomeTacitus]

Mmmmm, Fred got caught out on this one poorly informed. He needs to bone up or get a good adviser if he wants to be seen as being up on foreign policy. We expect all the candidates to be slightly more informed than the average citizen. Well, those citizens who follow the news.

[ChessExpert]

That sounds like a sensible response. I like sensible responses. It’s when our leaders get "great" or "innovative" ideas (supporting our enemies so they "like us" - Democrats, or North American union - Bush), that we should worry.

I say less charisma, and more normalcy. Reagan was right to revive Coolidge. When the government did the least, America advanced the most. Think of how many “great ideas” are brought to the President for action. It must be hard to say no. Doing nothing must be the toughest job in town, when everyone wants you to act.

I expect President Thompson can give the order to the military when the time is right. That's a proper job for the Commander in Chief.

[Saundra Duffy]

Read about Fred’s behavior when he visited Pakistan:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1945021/posts

[Saundra Duffy]

A former CIA officer recalls what happened when Thompson and seven other members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Committee visited Pakistan in late 2002.

“The other senators, including John Edwards, attended the classified intelligence briefing,” the former officer says. “Thompson blew it off and spent a lot of time drinking and eating.”