Obama Rules Out US Troops In Pakistan

[babylonsister]

Obama Rules Out US Troops In Pakistan

March 29, 2009 11:16 AM EST | AP


WASHINGTON — As he carries out a retooled strategy in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama says he will consult with Pakistan's leaders before pursuing terrorist hideouts in that country.

Obama said U.S. ally Pakistan needs to be more accountable, but ruled out deploying U.S. troops there. "Our plan does not change the recognition of Pakistan as a sovereign government," the president told CBS' "Face the Nation" in an interview broadcast Sunday.

The president also bemoaned the tenuous security situation in Afghanistan, saying, "Unless we get a handle on it now, we're gonna be in trouble." He made clear that his new strategy for the long war is "not going to be an open-ended commitment of infinite resources" from the United States.

In a wide-ranging interview, Obama sought to counter the notion that Afghanistan has become his war. He emphasized that it started on George W. Bush's watch.

"I think it's America's war. And it's the same war that we initiated after 9/11 as a consequence of those attacks," Obama said. "The focus over the last seven years, I think, has been lost."

Obama taped the interview Friday, the same day he launched the fresh effort to defeat al-Qaida terrorists in Pakistan and Afghanistan, widening a war that began after terrorists struck the U.S. on Sept. 11, 2001. He set new benchmarks and ordered 4,000 more troops to the war zone as well as hundreds of civilians and increased aid. The plan does not include an exit timeline.

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[Deja Q]

1. President Obama,

:yourock:

[galileoreloaded]

2. But American JDAM's from American Predators and F18's, no problem....

hypocrisy, nothing less. Bomb brown peoples, people celebrating weddings, whatever, just no troops.

[azul]

3. CIA and mercenary secret troops and missions, no problem.

As long as it stays out of the news and can fudge a little about it.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. Push button killing at a distance is ever so more tidy and less disturbing.

And, a lot easier to cover up.