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Obama's Disastrous Interview About Hunting Osama bin Laden
The Campaign Spot at NRO ^ | 21 July 2008 | Jim Geraghty

Posted on 07/21/2008 12:16:06 PM PDT by SE Mom

In his interview with CBS News, Obama says:

Logan: Because you do have a situation seven years on into this war where Osama bin Laden and all his lieutenants and all the leaders of the Taliban, they’re still there. And they’re inside Pakistan.

Obama: Right. It’s a huge problem. And first of all, if we hadn’t taken our eye off the ball, we might have caught them before they got into Pakistan and were able to reconstitute themselves. Several times in recent interviews, Obama has referred to "taken our eye off the ball" in terms of the invasion of Iraq, which began in March of 2003. We don't know precisely when Osama bin Laden entered Pakistan, but it is generally believed that he escaped Tora Bora and crossed the border sometime in late November or the beginning of December 2001.

(Somehow the U.S. took its collective eyes off the ball to prevent an event that occurred in December 2001 by sending troops to another country starting in March 2002 for an invasion that began in 2003.

It's not as if the geopolitical challenges of sending U.S. troops into Pakistan suddenly appeared in March 2003. Once Osama crossed the border, the potential cost of pursuing him —i.e., a civil war in a country with nuclear weapons — became higher and the consequences became riskier.

Also note that CBS' Lara Logan forces Obama to concede that his oft-touted call to kill Osama bin Laden in Pakistani territory is actually current U.S. policy. )

(Excerpt) Read more at campaignspot.nationalreview.com ...


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The rest of Jim's piece:

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Logan: Isn’t that the case now? I mean, do you really think that if the U.S. forces had Osama bin Laden in their sights and the Pakistanis said no, that they wouldn’t fire or wouldn’t go after him?

Obama: I think actually this is current doctrine. There was some dispute when I said this last August. Both the administration and some of my opponents suggested, well, you know, you shouldn’t go around saying that. But I don’t think there’s any doubt that that should be our policy, and will continue to be our policy.

Logan: But it is the current policy.

Obama: I believe it is the current policy.

Logan: So there’s no change then.

Obama: I don’t think there is going to be a change there.

And that Obama and Logan get stuck in a merry-go-round of "I'll get the Pakistanis to destroy the training camps"/"What if they won't?"

Obama: I think that in order for us to be successful, it’s not going to be enough just to engage in the occasional shot fired. We’ve got training camps that are growing and multiplying…

Logan: Would you take out all those training camps?

Obama: Well, I think that what we’d like to see is the Pakistani government take out those training camps.

Logan: And if they won’t?

Obama: Well, I think that we’ve got to work with them so they will.

Logan: But would you consider unilateral U.S. action?

Obama: You know, I will push Pakistan very hard to make sure that we go after those training camps. I think it’s absolutely vital to the security interests of both the United States and Pakistan." ---

Again, it's not that it's never dawned on Musharraff or the Pakistani government that cracking down on al-Qaeda and Taliban training camps is a good idea. It's that they fear the entire region would turn against the Pakistani government, with additional questions of loyalty of the ISI.

1 posted on 07/21/2008 12:16:07 PM PDT by SE Mom
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To: AliVeritas; Dog; Ernest_at_the_Beach; holdonnow; STARWISE; Bahbah; Miss Didi

Fool.


2 posted on 07/21/2008 12:17:49 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: SE Mom

B. Hussein Obama is a buffoon.


3 posted on 07/21/2008 12:19:17 PM PDT by WayneS (America's Commies Love Their Obami !!!!)
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To: SE Mom

The media can pretend that this is ‘new and interesting’ while it is just diplo-babble from a guy who never had to make a life-or-death decision in his life. And has cavalierly thrown about these options as though he lives in a universe without consequences (well, at least when it comes to the media, he does....).


4 posted on 07/21/2008 12:20:59 PM PDT by bpjam (Drill For Oil or Lose Your Job!! Vote Nov 2008)
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To: SE Mom

Obama is right. The real invasion in Iraq occurred in August 2001 prior to Bush flying planes into the world trade center. The vote in 2002 and the subsequent ‘invasion’ was really just a coverup for the illegal war that was already going on.


5 posted on 07/21/2008 12:24:17 PM PDT by Always Right (Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
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To: Always Right

Note: I had my moonbat hat on.


6 posted on 07/21/2008 12:24:54 PM PDT by Always Right (Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
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To: SE Mom; holdonnow
What an ignorant and condescending jerk. Every day he says something more ludicrous than before. He also said he might be president 8 or 10 years!?!? Stuck on blithering moron!

I absolutely DETEST Lord Obama.

It can't go on like this forever. I have to think there will be a backlash at some point from regular decent Americans...?? There has to be a breaking point.

7 posted on 07/21/2008 12:25:23 PM PDT by MaestroLC ("Let him who wants peace prepare for war."--Vegetius, A.D. Fourth Century)
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To: SE Mom

This guy, Obama, is a buffoon. And this would be funny if he wasn’t running for President.


8 posted on 07/21/2008 12:26:23 PM PDT by Fox_Mulder77
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To: SE Mom

Lindsey Lohan could have grilled Obama better than Laura Logan.


10 posted on 07/21/2008 12:26:48 PM PDT by AU72
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To: SE Mom
Hope & Change are pooping on Obama's shoulders.



11 posted on 07/21/2008 12:28:45 PM PDT by vietvet67
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To: Fox_Mulder77
20 years ago people would have laughed at an "Obama" candidacy. Alan Cranston any one?
12 posted on 07/21/2008 12:29:26 PM PDT by Perdogg
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To: MaestroLC
I absolutely DETEST Lord Obama.

Keep that sh-t up Maestro and Lord Obamination will turn you into A PILLAR OF SALT

13 posted on 07/21/2008 12:29:27 PM PDT by BOBTHENAILER (One by one, in small groups or in whole armies, we don't care how we do it, but we're gonna getcha)
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To: MaestroLC

“I absolutely DETEST Lord Obama.”

You’re preaching to the choir.

:-)


14 posted on 07/21/2008 12:30:04 PM PDT by Canedawg
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To: SE Mom

“taken our eye off the ball”

...how about a fist in your eye Obambi?!


15 posted on 07/21/2008 12:30:30 PM PDT by albie
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To: SE Mom

Give him an open microphone and no script... watch the fun!


16 posted on 07/21/2008 12:34:01 PM PDT by Mikey_1962 (Barack Obama: The Affirmative Action Candidate (just lower the bar!))
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To: MaestroLC

[It can’t go on like this forever. I have to think there will be a backlash at some point from regular decent Americans...?? There has to be a breaking point.]

Hillary is providing all the rope necessary for BHO to kill his chances. She will yank the rope tight just before the convention and then ride in on her white (pun intended) horse to save the day.

Does anyone really think the black backlash will last more than one news cycle? Blacks have been under the dem thumb for decades and it won’t change in any significant way.


17 posted on 07/21/2008 12:34:14 PM PDT by dbacks (Should we really elect a man that would not be allowed to be an airport baggage screener?)
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To: albie

the real reason for 9-11 was the administration previous to bush had an intern on the balls


18 posted on 07/21/2008 12:34:23 PM PDT by edzo4
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To: SE Mom
A man on the street interview would come off sounding more intelligent than this clown.

Bizarre and a little frightening.

19 posted on 07/21/2008 12:34:32 PM PDT by valkyry1
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To: SE Mom
Obama: Well, I think that what we’d like to see is the Pakistani government take out those training camps.

Logan: And if they won’t?

Obama: Well, I think that we’ve got to work with them so they will.

Logan: But would you consider unilateral U.S. action?

Obama: You know, I will push Pakistan very hard to make sure that we go after those training camps.

It kind of reminds one of this scene in A Few Good Men:

Lt. Weinberg to Cmdr Galloway: "I strenuously object?" Is that how it works? Hm? "Objection." "Overruled." "Oh, no, no, no. No, I STRENUOUSLY object." "Oh. Well, if you strenuously object then I should take some time to reconsider."

20 posted on 07/21/2008 12:37:30 PM PDT by edpc (Tagline Currently Under Construction)
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