Comment: Won't less involvement with the Pakistani federal gov't actually serve to open up the Tribal areas to coalition special ops who will be able to take action and not have to worry about the presense of the Pakistani military, who now cannot be blamed for not protecting the border? I think it may be a blessing in disguise for those who are hunting Al-Qaeda leadership.
Comment: Obama's claim that he was unaware of Wright's opinions is simply not credible. Wright's congregation was not surprised by his controversial sermons and when put in context at his speeches to NAACP and the Press Club, he was loudly applauded by his African American audience. Now add to that evidence the fact that Oprah Winfrey left Wright's church after just 2 years because she didn't want to be associated w/ Wright's paranoid views about whites and the govt.
So, assuming that Sen. Obama cannot claim ignorance of Wright's belief that the US govt has persecuted African Americans and continues to do so, there is no interpretation of Sen. Obama's lengthy and close association with Wright that can exonerate him. If he agrees w/ Rev Wright then he is the ultimate politician, fabricating a campaign strategy based on "uniting the country" and "bridging the partisan divide." There is nothing unifying about blaming all of your problems--including disease and drug addiction--on white people and the US govt. In that case, Rev. Wright is quite correct to call Sen Obama a politician.
If on the other hand, Sen Obama doesn't agree w/ Rev Wright, the conclusion is much the same. He joins the largest church in his community in order to benefit from the connections w/ those whom he wishes to represent and he benefits from the conferral of religious "credentials" that are presently required of American politicians. He sits in Wright's pews for 20 years, but doesn???t like what he hears there. In that case, he???s the go-along-to-get-along guy for whom the truth varies according to his audience. In other words, he is a politician.
Nobody should be surprised by the fact that Obama is a politician. Anyone who attains the position of a viable presidential candidate should be presumed to be one. Those who believed Obama???s claim to be "above politics" on a "higher moral plane" were either too young to experience the reality of governing the ungovernable or have too little at stake in this presidential campaign--that is the wealthy and the highlyeducated who will be fine no matter the outcome. So, I can tolerate the fact that he is a politician, but I CAN'T tolerate the fact that he is a hypocrite.
Comment: If America want to clean triabal areas from extremists he should focus on development of those areas instead of thinking to use force. America should give substantial aid to newly elected democratic government for economic uplift of these areas and should also monitor the aid to make sure it reach at the right place.
Comment: As reported by Washington Post on 4/24/08, while announcing near completion of a peace deal with Pakistani government, Taliban spokesman Maulvi Omar vowed to continue fighting U.S.-led NATO forces in Afghanistan and said that "The presence of the U.S and NATO forces in Afghanistan is the mother of all ill and there will be no peace until their presence in the region has ended."
It is obvious that US State Department doesn???t know about this statement from Taliban spokesman or is intentionally ignoring it. So US/NATO soldiers will continue to pay the price of this peace deal with their lives while US government merrily continues to let Pakistan experiment with so called peace deals. In a way US is rewarding Pakistan for continuous casualties in Afghanistan. Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it and US is destined to do so, again and again.
Comment: As reported by Washington Post on 4/24/08, while announcing near completion of a peace deal with Pakistani government, Taliban spokesman Maulvi Omar vowed to continue fighting U.S.-led NATO forces in Afghanistan and said that "The presence of the U.S and NATO forces in Afghanistan is the mother of all ill and there will be no peace until their presence in the region has ended."
It is obvious that US State Department doesn???t know about this statement from Taliban spokesman or is intentionally ignoring it. So US/NATO soldiers will continue to pay the price of this peace deal with their lives while US government merrily continues to let Pakistan experiment with so called peace deals. In a way US is rewarding Pakistan for continuous casualties in Afghanistan. Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it and US is destined to do so, again and again.
Comment: As Pakistan's new government seeks to make peace with Islamic tribal leaders in order to avert a crisis that would destabilize the region, it would be wise to remember that Islam will only accommodate those seeking to negotiate peace until it is strong enough to enforce its own dictums as codified by the Quran. The violence along the border, the clandestine sympathy and Machiavellian designs of the ISI and the military in support of Islamic causes, plus Pakistan's nuclear capablity should be something that the west watches very closely. The maxim, trust but verify regarding any diplomatic endeavor applies here.
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