Hypocrite Obama Doesn't Care One Bit About A Nations Sovereignty.

[Obama 2012 1,714]

Of course is it fair to call him a hypocrite figuring he doesn't care about our own sovereignty either? hmmm....

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110504/pl_afp/usattacksbinladenpakistanobama

WASHINGTON (AFP) – The White House said Wednesday that US President Barack Obama reserves the right to act again against top terror suspects inside Pakistan, following the raid which killed Osama bin Laden.

Obama's spokesman Jay Carney was asked whether the president would be prepared to target fugitives again if they were on Pakistani soil, despite Islamabad's complaints the bin Laden raid was unauthorized and unilateral.

"He made very clear during the campaign that that was his view. He was criticized for it," Carney said.

"He maintained that that was his view and, by the actions he has taken as president, feels that it was the right approach and continues to feel that way," he said.

During the 2008 presidential campaign, then-senator Obama said that he would order action against bin Laden or other senior Al-Qaeda leaders inside Pakistan if the country's leadership "is unable or unwilling to act."

Senator John McCain, the Republican candidate for president, accused Obama of effectively threatening an allied nation and said that if a target came into view, "you work with the Pakistani government."

US officials have said that they gave no prior notice to Pakistan before Sunday's daring raid, in which special forces killed the world's most wanted man at a mansion near the country's top military academy in Abbottabad.

CIA director Leon Panetta said that the United States chose not to alert Pakistan of the operation on its soil for fear that officials may have alerted the Al-Qaeda chief.

Pakistan has been on the defensive since Sunday's attack, with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani saying that the United States and other countries shared the blame for not finding bin Laden sooner.

The United States has an uneasy partnership with Pakistan, which supported Afghanistan's hardline Taliban regime until the September 11, 2001 attacks by Al-Qaeda.

Pakistan has often voiced anger at US operations against Al-Qaeda targets on its soil, particularly strikes with unmanned drones which the government says make a mockery of its sovereignty.

The United States carried out more than 100 drone strikes in Pakistan last year, killing more than 670 people, according to an AFP tally.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

All the power to him. Keep going after our enemies instead of trying that diplomacy bs. If the other countries don't like it, ** em'.

[Obama 2012 1,714]

All the power to him. Keep going after our enemies instead of trying that diplomacy bs. If the other countries don't like it, ** em'.

I hope you'll remember that the next time we have an attack on our home soil.

que sera sera.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

I hope you'll remember that the next time we have an attack on our home soil.

que sera sera.

If we have another attack on our home soil, whoever is President at the time better well go after the enemy. No negotiation with terrorists.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

I rather we send a commando and get the job done then start a whole freakin' war over a few people that a country might harbor and fail to produce. Get in, get the job done, get out. Done. If Pakistan doesn't like it, they can produce the folks we're looking for. Otherwise, ** them.

Edited May 6, 2011 by Mr. Big Dog

[Obama 2012 1,714]

So I take then that you all would have no problem if Pakistan holds our GIs and puts them on trial for violating their sovereignty and then throws them in prison for 20 years?

[spookyturtle 9,466]

So I take then that you all would have no problem if Pakistan holds our GIs and puts them on trial for violating their sovereignty and then throws them in prison for 20 years?

We won't allow that to happen. We will go in and get them. America will never be held hostage again.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

So I take then that you all would have no problem if Pakistan holds our GIs and puts them on trial for violating their sovereignty and then throws them in prison for 20 years?

They can't catch up to our helicopters with their F-16s. What's your worry?

[Peikko 1,575]

If Pakistan was going to make an issue out of this they already would have. They do have the right to be pissed off about it but they are not going to actually take any military action against the US for executing a Saudi national on Pakistani soil, any more than they have or will take any military action against the US for the drone activity, it's not in their best interests. Pakistan foreign policy is complicated quel surprise!

That being said, it can't continue forever, the US will have to be more effectively diplomatic in foreign affairs and at least play the UN game even if they aren't always wholeheartedly committed to it when it doesn't directly suit its interests.

Every government has to weigh all the different interests, political and economic when making decisions as to how to engage with other sovereign nations. It's hardly surprising therefore that policy can seem and even be highly contradictory. However, when it comes to actual boots on the ground invasions of soverign nations, I don't think the US is about to undertake another unilateral action any time soon, well, not without actual physical provocation as apposed to the usual sabre rattling from the usual suspects.

Edited May 6, 2011 by The Truth™

[Little_My 464]

One might say that a certain Operation Iraqi Freedom was a breach of sovereignty given that it was premised on a blatant lie. At least this time what they went in to look for was actually there..

Edited May 6, 2011 by Little_My

[ready4ONE 5,400]

Paul officially supports the right for Pakistan to harbor terrorist criminals... Of course he thinks women ask to get raped so perhaps this is just another sign of his gyroscope trouble?

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Paul, is it news to you that nothing here is new? The US has conducted clandestine operations like this for decades.

Is it right? Of course not, but Pakistan isn't going to do anything to retaliate, nor are you going to find many people who will care overmuch about Bin Laden.

[SMOKE 1,426]

no, my account has not been hijacked. feel free to write the time & date down.

GO OBAMA!

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

no, my account has not been hijacked. feel free to write the time & date down.

GO OBAMA!

Turn in your tin foil hat!

[Zero Sum 305]

One might say that a certain Operation Iraqi Freedom was a breach of sovereignty given that it was premised on a blatant lie. At least this time what they went in to look for was actually there..

So true