In the August 8 edition of his column, Washington Post media critic Howard Kurtz noted Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-IL) August 6 statement that he “never called for an invasion of Pakistan” in his August 1 foreign policy speech and that “the misreporting that was done needs to be cleared up.” Kurtz described Obama as “blaming the media” and responded: “I sure didn’t see anyone reporting that Obama wanted to invade Pakistan.” Kurtz continued: “I read that he would be willing to conduct raids against al-Qaeda without necessarily getting permission from Pakistan’s sovereign government.” In fact, numerous media outlets have reported that Obama, in the August 1 speech, stated that he was willing to “invade Pakistan.”
During the speech, Obama asserted that “If we have actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets [in Pakistan] and President [Pervez] Musharraf won’t act, we will,” but he did not elaborate on the nature of this action:
OBAMA: As president, I would make the hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. military aid to Pakistan conditional, and I would make our conditions clear: Pakistan must make substantial progress in closing down the training camps, evicting foreign fighters, and preventing the Taliban from using Pakistan as a staging area for attacks in Afghanistan.
I understand that President Musharraf has his own challenges. But let me make this clear. There are terrorists holed up in those mountains who murdered 3,000 Americans. They are plotting to strike again. It was a terrible mistake to fail to act when we had a chance to take out an Al Qaeda leadership meeting in 2005. If we have actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets and President Musharraf won’t act, we will.
And Pakistan needs more than F-16s to combat extremism. As the Pakistani government increases investment in secular education to counter radical madrasas, my administration will increase America’s commitment. We must help Pakistan invest in the provinces along the Afghan border, so that the extremists’ program of hate is met with one of hope. And we must not turn a blind eye to elections that are neither free nor fair — our goal is not simply an ally in Pakistan, it is a democratic ally.
During an August 6 campaign appearance in Iowa, an audience member asked Obama about his Pakistan comments, and Obama responded, “The misreporting that was done needs to be cleared up. I never called for an invasion of Pakistan.”
Despite Kurtz’s suggestion to the contrary, numerous media outlets reported that Obama said he intended or was willing to “invade” Pakistan, including ABC News, CBS News, several major newspapers, MSNBC, Fox News, and columns in The Weekly Standard and the New York Post.
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April 24th, 2010 at 7:03 am
if there is strong …
if there is strong intel. y wont pakistan act itself in the first place? 5000 soldiers are dead, pakistani soldiers…n sumhow we are unwilling yo act? this argument is silly, its like saying if my neighbours knw theyr robbd and they ar unwilling to dial 911 i will call the police….shit arguments from everybody.
if pakistan is invaded, a superpower is going down. a war with pakistan is unstable and uncontolbll.
Afghanistan cannot be ruled, evn b4 911 it was divided into diffrnt factions
April 24th, 2010 at 7:03 am
the government of …
the government of pakistan took 7 billion from america followed by another 100 billion from the west and america the pakis are the one who introduced taliban to the pushtoon killing pushtoon in waziristan innocent children every pushtoon child count and the paki are against taliban in panjab or islamabad but there not against it in afgahnsistan whats the different being a ruled by a british americans arabs jews and pakis there all the same pushtoon should look after pushto interest
April 24th, 2010 at 7:03 am
its true!
we all …
its true!
we all see paki at corrupted state
cannot control their own country
April 24th, 2010 at 7:03 am
Its obvious Bin …
Its obvious Bin Laden is in either Pakistan Or Iran right now, he wont go to a western type country or european areas hes gonna stay in muslim type areas like Pakistan Or Iran, and is very highly unlikely hes still in Afghanistan, he probly escaped from Afghanistan during the night, I say we go into Pakistan by asking pakistan president for support to hunt bin laden and taliban and if his boys shoot at us then Musharef or whatever his name is a TALIBAN himself then,then we will kill the Pakis
April 24th, 2010 at 7:03 am
yeah man, no …
yeah man, no lobbyists, what a terrible thing!
April 24th, 2010 at 7:03 am
Obama lies:
out of …
Obama lies:
out of Iraq on 1st day
close gitmo 1st day
meet w Iran w/o preconditions
post bills 5 days before signing
has stimulus package on 1st day
No lobbyist on administration
Most ethical administration (tax problems)
most open administration
Create 4 million new jobs
(now he hopes to save or create)
said he would attack terrorists in Pakistan w/o getting permission(now he says he’ll work with Pakistan)
No pork in stimulus package
Change and hope… nope
Obama’s a joke
April 24th, 2010 at 7:03 am
if barrack obama …
if barrack obama threaten pakistan he should be impeach. Im tire of killing innocent people for PROFIT. Bankers and corporation lobbying these political leaders.
April 24th, 2010 at 7:03 am
they cannot finish …
they cannot finish terrorism by guns they are g blowing the fire more they are killing innocents and civillians like that it will harm US, pakistan and rest of the world
April 24th, 2010 at 7:03 am
100% true. …
100% true. rothschild,rockerfellers,scull and bones, bilderbergs control everything. obama will not fix anything but make it worst. the government will intentionally crash the bank system so we will become the north american union then eventually a one world government
April 24th, 2010 at 7:03 am
9/11 and Mumbai …
9/11 and Mumbai attack was inside job
April 24th, 2010 at 7:03 am
i agree and i was …
i agree and i was for obama
April 24th, 2010 at 7:03 am
Why is it that …
Why is it that Indian Muslims never stir while Muslims living in Pakistan have such a life they go around attacking other countries and become fundamentalists? America should continue the drone attacks and invade half of Pakistan cuz Paki army is running from terrorists in NWFP and Balochistan.. they cant control their own country so America should it up for them
April 24th, 2010 at 7:03 am
kuteya teri maa di …
kuteya teri maa di dont ever forget how india up your country in 4 wars and cut it in half… we’ll do it again
April 24th, 2010 at 7:03 am
gul soon kusreh teh …
gul soon kusreh teh yaad rakhi teek thara: the whole world is laughing at Pakistan begging for financial support and how they cant control NWFP and Balochistan
April 24th, 2010 at 7:03 am
HINDUS they bow to …
HINDUS they bow to the cow infact one time i was at mcdonalds and i saw an india bowing to a big mac. Also the massive red dots on there fore heads wich the wear proudly looks more like a third eye or a really bad rash then something to be proud of.the only race worse then hindus is canadians who bathe in maple syrup eat round bacon and bow to the hockey stick and another thing indians BATHE in cow tell me how they are superior to pakis by taking only one bath a year and in dung indias suk
April 24th, 2010 at 7:03 am
yo if obama hurts …
yo if obama hurts even one paki civilian he will be worse then bush cause at least bush’s intention was to catch usama but obviosly he just killed lots of people and didn’t help the world at all. Also people say about how muslims are terrorists even though america consantly bombs muslims for no reason and the hindus rarley ever get killed by a muslim(either they start it first or its someone like sadam or usama) and how pakis all chop off goat’s heads REASON: TO SHARE MEAT WITH THE POOR
April 24th, 2010 at 7:03 am
Ok…I think time …
Ok…I think time to end this…no point going back to Kashmir…no point pointing out recent democratic elections in J&K and win of pro-India forces…For any Paki, even this is farce…
No point banging head against a wall….It took India so much efforts and time to make Pakistan accept Ajmal Kasab’s nationality…We don’t expect more from you guys..Thanks for everything!
April 24th, 2010 at 7:03 am
india is scared of …
india is scared of kashmiri muslims swaying to pakistan alot more, the azad kashmiri muslims have better rights and equal rights than indian kashmiris. india is scared big time and it tries to create war hysteria, pak has owned up and america has said nothing to pak, america knows pak has helped them through thick and thin,boucher said pak has been good but alot more is needed which a far comment i would say.
April 24th, 2010 at 7:03 am
why do your leaders …
why do your leaders america take 2 whole countries to war for money?
April 24th, 2010 at 7:03 am
If that’s the case, …
If that’s the case, then it’s very unfortuate…We shouldn’t do to others what we don’t like anyone else to do to us….
Perhaps Pakistan should also send eveidence to India and make a formal complain to UN Security Council and rest of world…like India did and succeeded…I am sure world will be fairly looking into this….
But right now, wold opinion is in favour of India. Period.
April 24th, 2010 at 7:03 am
So all people who …
So all people who were killed in Mumbai were actually responsible for Kashmir oppression??
I didn’t know that!!
If Indian army or govt did that…target them…why kill people working in hotels, eating in food-joints, poor people going home at railway stations?? What did they do in Kashmir? Do you know distance from Mumbai to Kashmir?
First you guys denied any involvement…now when whole world knows including you yourself…very conveniently you said…it was due to oppression in Kashmir…?
April 24th, 2010 at 7:03 am
the people who did …
the people who did the mumbai attacks were not jihadis in the classical sense, they were fighting due to indian army oppresses and rapes and kills muslims in kashmir. my cousin whos from kashmir tells me that the indian army take girls off the street rape and kill them and we have been told to be in doors,murder and oppression is what u do with muslims in kashmir.,
April 24th, 2010 at 7:03 am
according to alex …
according to alex jones the jewish center in mubai was also a mossad operations center , check it up.
April 24th, 2010 at 7:03 am
no i will say …
no i will say indian army just like indians like you accuse all of isi and pak army so how does it feel to hear that you have fanatics and will continue to have them, purohit isnt going to be a one off. raw isnt as weak as u presume so dont give me this weak story, just like ussr tried to aid dead groups in pak in the afghan war, india is doing the same in balochistan and bombing karachi, alex jones says both raw and mossad have a very close relationship.
April 24th, 2010 at 7:03 am
Correction Buddy… …
Correction Buddy…Not Indian army…Indian army is a disciplined force totally controlled by a secular civilian government…Col. Purohit is a brainwashed Hindu fanatic, a black sheep – in jail now..
RAW is a weak agency…I don’t think can even get someone slapped in Pak, forget about bomb blasts…not like ISI or Mossad…
Yes, Pak has finally accepted after US pressure…but a weak Paki govt can’t act-result? Ppl in Pak and India will continue to be killed by Jehadis from PAk….