I put them on the hook.

they have 8 hearts...

Obama warns Pakistan on al-Qaeda
Wednesday, 1 August 2007, 19:47 GMT 20:47 UK

Mr Obama made the comments in a speech outlining his foreign policy positions.

Pakistan's foreign ministry said any threat to act against al-Qaeda from within its territory should not be used for political point-scoring.

Earlier this month, Mr Obama's chief rival, Hillary Clinton, described him as "naive" on foreign policy.

The attack from Mrs Clinton came after a televised debate between Democrat presidential hopefuls.

During the debate Mr Obama said he would be willing to meet leaders of states such as Cuba, North Korea and Iran without conditions.

In his speech at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, in Washington, Mr Obama criticised the Bush administration's focus on al-Qaeda in Iraq, saying US President George W Bush was "confusing" the mission.

He said Americans were more vulnerable to terrorist attacks than before the 9/11 attacks because of a war in Iraq "that should never have been authorised and should never have been waged".

"The first step must be getting off the wrong battlefield in Iraq, and taking the fight to the terrorists in Afghanistan and Pakistan," he said.

Aid conditions

Mr Obama said General Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's president, must do more to end terrorist operations in his country.

He said he would make the hundreds of millions of dollars in US military aid to Pakistan conditional on the following actions by the Pakistani government:

substantial progress in closing down terrorist training camps
evict foreign fighters
prevent the Taleban from using Pakistan as staging area for attacks in Afghanistan
"It was a terrible mistake to fail to act when we had a chance to take out an al-Qaeda leadership meeting in 2005," he said, referring to reports that the US had decided not to launch a strike for fear of harming ties with Pakistan.
"If we have actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets and President Musharraf won't act, we will," Mr Obama said.



The BBC's Jonathan Beale, in Washington, says such comments are clearly designed to bolster his credentials among a domestic audience.

But a spokeswoman for Pakistan's foreign ministry, Tasnim Aslam, told the AFP news agency that talk of military action was a serious matter and political candidates and commentators should "show responsibility".

White House spokesman Tony Snow defended Pakistan's leadership, saying it was working hard to fight al-Qaeda and Taleban fighters within its borders.

Gen Musharraf has been a key US ally in its so-called "war on terror" since the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks.

But US officials have publicly said recently that they believe Pakistan has let al-Qaeda and Taleban militants reorganise themselves in tribal areas bordering Afghanistan.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6926663.stm

Funny how he continues to do exactly what he said he would.
Finally a President who says what he means and does what he says.

You go Mr.. President. Take the war to those who attacked us!

beeorganic ha ha ha

Stunning...simply stunning...

Another campaign promise being fulfilled..
I like that!

Why dont you go sit on a corner and eat and apple..............BITTERNESS IS NOT ATTRACTIVE.................you sound like you found your wife sleeping with OBAMA..........

your hypocrisy astounds me.

No hypocrisy here.
I have never been a pacifist. Never claimed to be either.
I just dont believe in attacking Someone without reason son.
Al'Quieda attacked us, not Iraq.


The whole time Bush was President the war in Afghanistan was never criticized, except for saying he had not done enough to combat the ones responsible for 9/11.

He was criticized for the personal sideshow he had going on in Iraq.

Let me say it again so that you might understand. Iraq did not attack us.
There was no Al'Quieda in Iraq before Bush created a power vacuum.

I have to agree with Fanta on this one. No matter who be held responsible, us ultimately, the position of this battle is definitely closer to the perpetrator of 9/11 than anything Bush did.

Yes,
and he told them to do something to stop the attacks coming from their country.
If they dont then they are as guilty as Al'Quieda.
They have long ties with each other. Its not a secret to anyone.

So guilt by association?

Just because some rogue terrorist fires a rocket we get to attack on another nation's soil?

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1571/is_41_18/ai_95358025

There. Iraq funded terrorism. Now we can invade them by association. The war was legit. It's a lot worse that the nation funded terrorism than not catching a single terrorist.

Either war you are safe and sound here at home.
You will not be called on, or volunteer to sacrifice anything! You are safe!!!!

do you ever answer a question or do you just try to avoid dancing around the question?

I didn't know that.

and...now you do...

Yep, now I do.

Interesting bit of trivia Gio!!

OMG lmao!

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