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Analysis: Obama scrambles against militant threat
AP on Yahoo ^ | 5/6/09 | Steve R. Hurst - ap

Posted on 05/06/2009 4:06:18 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

WASHINGTON – The fuse that could ignite an explosion of Islamic militancy in Afghanistan and Pakistan is burning so fast that the Obama administration is scrambling to keep pace.

As Pakistan's army finally opened a belated offensive against the advance of extremist Taliban fighters, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and his key security ministers huddled Wednesday with their Afghan and U.S. counterparts in all-day meetings in Washington.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai started the day on a solemn note, acknowledging Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's expressions of regret for the deaths of dozens of Afghan civilians killed during Monday's battle between U.S. forces and the Taliban.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: analysis; militant; obama; scrambles
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1 posted on 05/06/2009 4:06:18 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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I like eggs.

How about you, Obama?


2 posted on 05/06/2009 4:07:01 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
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It did not take a genius to figure out it would not take long for the presence of the Oval Office occupant to greatly energize our enemies. Our enemies are not stupid either.


3 posted on 05/06/2009 4:08:43 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: NormsRevenge

Good idea. Send 0be over to talk to them without preconditions.


4 posted on 05/06/2009 4:09:26 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to the media in the Grand Foyer of the White House with Afghan President Hamid Karzai (L) and President Asif Ali Zardari (R) of Pakistan at his sides after their meeting in Washington May 6, 2009. Obama brought the Afghan and Pakistani presidents to the White House on Wednesday to promote cooperation against the Taliban but Afghan civilian deaths cast a shadow on the talks. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque


5 posted on 05/06/2009 4:09:39 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
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uhh, stomp, uhhh, ohhh, stomp, ohhh, owww, owww, wow, that’s hot.

Amateur hour. Didn’t ZERO say he would bomb Pakistan?


6 posted on 05/06/2009 4:10:34 PM PDT by Tarpon (You abolish your responsibilities, you surrender your rights.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Help us. We didn’t deserve this POTUS.


7 posted on 05/06/2009 4:12:04 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote.)
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To: NormsRevenge

I never thought I’d ever say anything like this, but I’d probably feel a lot safer if Hillary had won...


8 posted on 05/06/2009 4:12:48 PM PDT by Kenton (BUCK OFAMA!)
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Remember Carter and the Shah? Can you say “Obama and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari”?

Only this time, instead of the Muslims inheriting a bunch of U.S. military jets, they get the Pakistani nuclear arsenal!


9 posted on 05/06/2009 4:16:19 PM PDT by the_Watchman
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To: NormsRevenge

If the Taliban extremists (Obama apparently believes there are moderates among them) are advancing out in the open, Obama should order them strafed from the air, with the Pakis’ permission of course. As for civilian causalties, there will always be a lot of them when fighting Islamic terrorists because they hide among civilians as a deliberate strategy.


10 posted on 05/06/2009 4:16:56 PM PDT by luvbach1 (Worse than we could have imagined.)
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11 posted on 05/06/2009 4:17:19 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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No problem, Obama will just talk to them and after they see how smart he is, they will just cease their evil ways and all will be good in the world.


12 posted on 05/06/2009 4:17:47 PM PDT by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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Not to worry...the messiah, the anointed one....himself the 0bama, will pick up the white courtesy phone and call the UN.

Problem over.


13 posted on 05/06/2009 4:18:27 PM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: Kenton
I’d probably feel a lot safer if Hillary had won...

I hear you...my brother just landed in Afghanistan yesterday.
14 posted on 05/06/2009 4:21:41 PM PDT by roses of sharon
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15 posted on 05/06/2009 4:22:43 PM PDT by Diogenesis (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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Don’t worry, I’m sure Obama will talk to Osama when he has control of Pakistan’s nukes, Osama will only demand our total annihilation, maybe he can bargain with Osama for only 3-4 large American cities to be destroyed.


16 posted on 05/06/2009 4:25:04 PM PDT by Brett66 (Where government advances, and it advances relentlessly , freedom is imperiled -Janice Rogers Brown)
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The purple-lipped Nigerian doesn’t have a f***k’n clue.


17 posted on 05/06/2009 4:26:35 PM PDT by technically right
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To: NormsRevenge

While Obama fiddles......

I am not for sending our troops into Afghanistan or Pakistan. We have plenty of oil stateside. Let’s concentrate on producing it here rather than waste the lives of our precious sons and daughters over there. The problems in the M.E. been going on forever. There is nothing we can do to solve them.


18 posted on 05/06/2009 4:27:13 PM PDT by Paperdoll (Have you had enough yet?)
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To: NormsRevenge

It looks like the camera caught those thumbs mid-twiddle!


19 posted on 05/06/2009 4:29:34 PM PDT by Paperdoll (Have you had enough yet?)
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No problem, he’ll just whip out the giant credit card we’ve given him and he’ll spread good cheer all over the place and make everyone happy.


20 posted on 05/06/2009 4:29:37 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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