Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Myth: President Obama will Bomb Pakistan

This can't be far from truth, I mean seriously.

"Will we risk the confused leadership of an inexperienced candidate who once suggested bombing our ally, Pakistan?" - John McCain.

Senator Obama did not say that. He rather suggested a more aggressive version of current US policy -- a policy that McCain himself has endorsed. What Sen. Obama said was

"If we have actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets and President Musharraf won't act, we will."

As Washington Post notes, "Obama was talking about bombing well-defined al-Qaeda targets in Pakistan upon receipt of "actionable intelligence," not the country in general."

This does not translate into a desire to bomb an ally. Like any other nation, United States protects its interests; some factions of Pakistani media try making a mountain out of a molehill but it would not change the reality.

If one keeps his affairs clean and house in order, i.e. devoid of questionable entities, then he won't have anything to worry about, would he?


Debunked.

[1] Obama warns Pakistan on al-Qaeda (BBC)

[2] Bombs Away – Washington Post

1 comment:

Rashid Kamran said...

So where's the fucking change? Like he cares the sovereignty of other countries by bombing even part of the country? And he is also willing to deal with Musharaf and not the nation :)