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His Policy statement (none / 0) (#34)
by Edgar08 on Wed Apr 16, 2008 at 12:32:04 PM EST
Was not that we should cut off funds.

One would argue that the money is buying security in the regions Mussharraf does have some visibility into.

It's a different discussion.  It's something worth reconsidering.


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BS (none / 0) (#40)
by squeaky on Wed Apr 16, 2008 at 12:46:14 PM EST
From the speech.

As President, I would make the hundreds of millions of dollars inU.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 inAfghanistan.


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The Policy Statement I was referring too! (none / 0) (#43)
by Edgar08 on Wed Apr 16, 2008 at 01:00:07 PM EST
You are changing the subject.

If you want to talk about the funds, we can.

But that's a different discussion.

So let's discuss that now!  I wouldn't make those funds conditional based on Mussharraf's ability to capture OBL and do the things that are described above by Obama.  Musharraf may not have the control over the regions where OBL lives and where the recruiting and training goes on and to expect him to be able to have such control might be a sign of incompetence.

But we can discuss the funds issue.  It should be made conditional based on Musharraff's policies in the areas that he does have control over.  

Cause that is something can definitely be improved.  And improving that would make it less easier for Osama's ilk to radicalize moderates.

Even the statement you just provided, Obama is basically expecting Musharraff to be able to do something that he could not do, and even if Musharraff tried to do it, it would render himself powerless in the areas he does at least have some control right now.


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Policy Statement? (none / 0) (#57)
by squeaky on Wed Apr 16, 2008 at 03:56:42 PM EST
I am hardly changing the subject. Not sure what policy statement you mean. The quote above was a statement of his policy towards Pakistan from a speech given at the Woodrow Wilson Center aka the Council on Foreign Relations.

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