Posted on 05/21/2011 10:26:05 PM PDT by Steelfish
22 May 2011 Barack Obama: US 'Would Repeat Bin Laden Raid'
President Obama has indicated he would order a similar operation to that which killed Osama Bin Laden if another militant leader was found in Pakistan. He said the US was mindful of Pakistani sovereignty but said the US could not allow "active plans to come to fruition without us taking some action".
The killing of Bin Laden by US forces in a Pakistani garrison town on 2 May strained ties between the two allies.
President Barack Obama was speaking to the BBC ahead of a European visit.
Asked what he would do if one of al-Qaeda's top leaders, or the Taliban leader Mullah Omar, was tracked down to a location in Pakistan or another sovereign territory, he said the US would take unilateral action if required.
"Our job is to secure the United States," he told the BBC's Andrew Marr during a wide-ranging interview.
"We are very respectful of the sovereignty of Pakistan. But we cannot allow someone who is actively planning to kill our people or our allies' people.
"We can't allow those kind of active plans to come to fruition without us taking some action."
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Boy, he sure loves talking about this.
Meanwhile, listen to Israel. No need to TOUCH or REDEFINE any borders. Hamas are terrorists. We do not negotiate with terrorists.
Obammy is sooo mean!
Who’s we? Did he learn the I, me, my thing so quickly?
Butch Obama speaks.
Attempting to spike the ball, for the 100th time...
(yawn)
He talks the talk, but when he sees his “cred” fall on the corner of A-rab and Muzzie Streets, he throws Israel under the bus to get his Mojo back.
It’s nice to see his staff who forced the 0sama raid down 0bi’s throat has given him reason to believe he has a spine./s
It’s nice to see his staff who forced the 0sama raid down 0bi’s throat has given him reason to believe he has a spine./s
What? Obama just realized he could have milked this to secure reelection to the White House? Probably figured that he wanted to get this out of the way early on in the reelection campaign so he didn’t alienate too many of his supporters by sending a hit squad out.
He thinks; he is acting tough...I think he only acting.
Hokay, so now he’d do what. Go to Pakistan, tell them about the situation, and beg them to raid the bastard. And Pakistan would just warn the bastard to move on.
“I’d reanimate and kill him every day if it would keep my numbers high.”
“Our job is to secure the United States,”
Key word OUR in his mind who is our?.
I remember when the fop Kerry kept trying to ensure we all understood “gravitas” and “nuance” as being critical qualities for a president. I thought Clinton was a trailer-park piece of trash, but the Obamas have to look up several layers to see the bottom of the Clintons’ flattened trailer tires.
Oh dear God, stop
Barry is going to strut and brag on killin’ osama every day for the rest of his campaign
Barrry personally killed osama, haven’t you heard (in golf clothes no less).
and John Kerry served in Vietnam.
Two democrat war heroes.
Obama wishes he could so he could get the sheeple to forget about rising gas prices and high unemployment.
But there was hardly a Osama bounce anyways.
Wonder what the leftish nobel committee folks are thinking right about how.
Will b.h.o. be the first recipient asked to return the prize?
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