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2007-08-02 06:51:20 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Musharraf has his own political base he has to worry about. He worries about extremeists in his country & so should we.
You think George W. Bush has enemies? At least Bush's detractors don't normally carry AK-47s.
Obama is making a political statement - that he takes security seriously - and I'm sure he does.
(the US has special forces teams in the tribal areas already, but (almost) nobody talks about it.) Obama knows it - so does everyone else in Washington. Why make it more difficult for Musharraf to help us out?
Musharraf was being diplomatic - but, of course, he had to say something. The statement was fairly mild considering what he could have said.
2007-08-02 07:08:30 · answer #1 · answered by Just an American 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well since Bush is still in office, Pakistan might use Obama's statements as leverage against the Bush Administration.
2007-08-02 18:50:47 · answer #2 · answered by mr_spazz_2004 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think it sounds similar to threats of the Bush adminstration. is that what makes it "ignorant"
The minister suggested that Obama's comments were prompted by Washington's inability to curb the ongoing Taliban insurgency in neighbouring Afghanistan, where US-led forces toppled the hardline regime in late 2001.
"This seems to be a reaction to their own failure in Afghanistan to control the US casualties and instead of addressing the situation there, they are finding scapegoats and damaging their own cause," Azeem added.
Pakistan foreign ministry spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam on Wednesday warned against "point-scoring" by US presidential candidates on vital security issues.
Musharraf abandoned Islamabad's support for the Taliban in the wake of the 9/11 attacks on the United States.
He has said that a top US official warned that Pakistan would be bombed back to the "stone age" if it failed to join Washington's "war on terror".
2007-08-02 14:14:30 · answer #3 · answered by here to help 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think they're pissed off because someone has the balls to finally say help us or we're coming in. Bush should have done this on September 12,2001. I hope Obama is serious about this.
2007-08-02 13:57:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the Pakis were being diplomatic.
2007-08-02 13:55:12 · answer #5 · answered by regerugged 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Barack,,, Bomb the s**t out of Pakaistan.
2007-08-02 14:05:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think they are right. He is.
2007-08-02 14:39:03 · answer #7 · answered by the_defiant_kulak 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋