Obama blows hot and cold on Pakistan again!

Obama discovers the "most allied of allies":- Pakistan

NEW YORK | RUPEE NEWS | July 21st, 2008 | Moin Ansari: Senator Obama is predictable. In Kabul Afghanistan Obama said what the Mayor of Kabul Mr. Karzai wanted to hear “Pakistan must do more to shut down the camps on its side of the border’”

Rupee News had predicted what he would say a day before he actualy said it.  Threats: Obama’s Kabul indoctrination: Venom against Pakistan.

Mr. Karzai has long called for the United States to put more pressure on Pakistan to curb militancy in its tribal regions along the border with Afghanistan. Mr. Obama has also pledged to broaden and change the American relationship with Pakistan

Mr. Hamidzada made light of Mr. Obama’s earlier criticism of Mr. Karzai as not getting out of his bunker enough to help Afghanistan develop, saying it was not so much a criticism as a statement of realism. Obama Meets Afghan Leader and Discusses Terrorism By CARLOTTA GALL

Then back in the States Senator Obama made the rounds of the Sunday talk shows. He was asked the same question over and over again. “What would he do if he intelligence that Bin Laden or other high value targets are in Pakistan“. He had previously stated that he would take them out. However this Sunday his response was a bit more muted and nuanced. Senator Obama stated that he would work with the Pakistanis. When pressed he said he would make sure that the Pakistanis worked with him.

Several responses from Senator Obama have left the Pakistanis and the rest of the world confused and the Senator certainly has kept everyone guessing. Senator Hillary Clinton accused him of invading Pakistan a nuclear armed country. Senator McCain criticized him for not working with Pakistan which was an ally.

1. Does he really want to invade Pakistan and he is obfuscating this real intentions. War drums in the Gulf, Hindu Kush & the Khyber Pass  
2. Does he want to continue the current Bush policy of targeted assassinations and he has vocalized the policy while Mr. Bush and team don’t say it. Is Bush stealing Obama’s war on Pakistan?

Many analysts like General Masood say that Senator Obama is in his campaign mode and Pakistanis should not worry about his claims.

Senator Omama does not realize that a loose statement by him impact the Pakistani stock market and jittery investors worry about a major military action in Pakistan. Already loose talk from Seantor Obama has affected the Pakistani bourse which has lost about 40% of its value.

Every statement by Senator Obama increases Anti-Americanism in Pakistan and helps the very people who are fighting the government of Pakistan. the same people now say “I told you so”. The trust level of Americans does down several notches and lives are lost. Does Seanator care? Obviously not!

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Obama softens stance, says he will work with Pakistan  By Our Correspondent

WASHINGTON, July 20: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has softened his attitude towards Pakistan, telling a Sunday talk show that instead of sending US troops into Fata, he will work with the Pakistani government to root out terrorist camps from the area.
In an interview to CBS News, Mr Obama said that the United States could not solve the security problems in Afghanistan without engaging the Pakistan government.

Asked if he would consider unilateral US action against Pakistan, if the Pakistanis refused to take out known terrorist hideouts, Mr Obama said: “I will push Pakistan very hard to make sure that we go after those training camps. I think it’s absolutely vital to the security interests for both the United States and Pakistan.”

Asked if he would like US forces to take out terrorist training camps inside Fata, Mr Obama said: “Well, I think that what we would like is to see the Pakistani government take out those training camps.”
“And if they won’t”, he was asked. “Well, I think that we’ve got to work with them so they will,” he said.
Mr Obama, who visited US troops in Afghanistan and held private talks with US-installed President Hamid Karzai on Sunday, suggested that the US should use its military and economic assistance to persuade Pakistan to act against the insurgents.

“I think that the US government provides an awful lot of aid to Pakistan, provides a lot of military support to Pakistan. And to send a clear message to Pakistan that this is important, to them as well as to us, I think that message has not been sent,” he said.

Mr Obama, who in the past had advocated using direct military action to make Pakistani cooperate, said his remarks were misunderstood.

“What I’ve said is that if we had actionable intelligence against high-value Al Qaeda targets, and the Pakistani government was unwilling to go after those targets, that we should,” he said.
“My hope is that it doesn’t come to that — that in fact, the Pakistan government would recognise that if we had Osama bin Laden in our sights that we should fire or we should capture him.”

Mr Obama agreed with the interviewer that the Bush administration was already following this policy.
“I think actually this is current doctrine,” he said. “There was some dispute when I said this last August. Both the administration and some of my opponents suggested, ‘Well, you know, you shouldn’t go around saying that.” But I don’t think there’s any doubt that that should be our policy.”
Mr Obama said that a change at the White House would not affect this policy of targeting terrorist leaders on actionable intelligence.

“I don’t think there’s going to be a change there,” he said. “I think that in order for us to be successful, it’s not going to be enough just to engage in the occasional shot fired. We’ve got training camps that are growing and multiplying.”In a separate interview, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen warned that the cross-border attacks from Pakistan’s tribal belt was affecting the US ability to move forward in Afghanistan.

He insisted that Pakistan’s tribal areas had safe havens “for foreign fighters, for Al Qaeda, for Taliban and the insurgents that are now freely — much more freely able to come across the borders.”
This, he said, was a big challenge for the US and its allies and was “having an impact on our ability to move forward in Afghanistan”.