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Obama and Romney Must
Address the Pakistan Problem
Daily Beast, by Bruce Riedel
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Posted By:StormCnter, 10/21/2012 6:01:15 AM
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| The toughest foreign-policy issue our next president will face is Pakistan, the most dangerous country in the world. The battle for the soul of this critical nation is underway; we need to hear at Monday’s debate how President Obama and Governor Romney intend to get the right outcome. Malala Yousafzai, a 14-year-old girl, is fighting for her life in a hospital in Birmingham, England, because she believes girls should get an education. She was shot in the head by the Pakistani Taliban for her beliefs. Her story epitomizes her country’s story. It is a battlefield between extremists,
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
srhcb, 10/21/2012 6:11:28 AM (No. 8949420)
It's hard to see how any American president could presume to "get the right outcome" but if we could begin to "address the Pakistan Problem" minus anecdotal side-stories, no matter how compelling, it would be a good start.
PS: Don't hold your breath waiting.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Sfacheem, 10/21/2012 6:15:55 AM (No. 8949425)
I wonder if the Daily Beast will drop what they're doing on Pakistan and run with the October surprise "deal" with Iran instead? Let's see if they put their money where their mouth is once this "bombshell" is dropped.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
JAN, 10/21/2012 8:11:11 AM (No. 8949551)
This president has not deigned to even mention the youmg woman nearly murdered by taliban extremists in Pakistan but he has spent an inordinate amount of time deifying sandra fluke.
He chose to praise Sandra and ignore Malala.
Priorities, Mr. President?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
jlw509, 10/21/2012 9:20:48 AM (No. 8949695)
Reports indicate that 97% of the Pakistani population obects to the predator drone strikes, which have vastly escalated under the Obama administration. Note the silence of the so-called "peace" movement.
Based on extensive research, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism found that between 391 – 780 civilians were killed out of a total of between 1,658 and 2,597 and that 160 children are reported among the deaths.
Since President Obama took office at least 50 civilians were killed in follow-up strikes when they had gone to help victims of previous attacks and more than 20 civilians have also been attacked in deliberate strikes on mourners at funerals, tactics condemned by international law.
Imagine of some country were doing that to us: Canada, say. Imagine they justified all these civilian deaths because the strikes were aimed at drug kingpins in the US.
Can you blame ordinary Pakisanis for hating what's been going on for the past 4 years?
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