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June 15th 09, 09:33 PM
"To achieve our goals, we need a stronger, smarter and comprehensive
strategy," said Obama at the White House, flanked by Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton, Defense Secretary Roberts Gates and National
Security Advisor James Jones.
In laying out the new strategy, the president said that the U.S.
goal is to defeat al-Qaeda and to strengthen anti-terrorism
capabilities of both Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The mission, the president said, is "to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat
al-Qaeda in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and to prevent their return to
either country in the future."
However, the president also hinted that the United States is open to
talks with moderate elements of the Taliban.
To defeat terrorists, Obama said he envisions a regional approach that
includes both Afghanistan and Pakistan.
"The future of Afghanistan is inextricably linked to the future of
its neighbor, Pakistan. In the nearly eight years since 9/11, al-Qaeda
and its extremist allies have moved across the border to the remote
areas of the Pakistani frontier," he said.
Obama said the Afghan-Pakistani border region has become the most
dangerous place in the world.
"To enhance the military, governance, and economic capacity of
Afghanistan and Pakistan, we have to marshal international support,"
the president said.
"To defeat an enemy that heeds no borders or laws of war, we must
recognize the fundamental connection between the future of Afghanistan
and Pakistan," he added.
Meanwhile, to uproot terrorist safe heavens in Pakistan, Obama said he
is "calling upon Congress to pass a bipartisan bill co-sponsors by
John Kerry and Richard Lugar that authorizes 1.5 billion dollars in
direct support to the Pakistani people every year over the next five
years."
"It is important for the American people to understand that
Pakistan needs our help in going after al-Qaeda," he said.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/28/content_11086818.htm
You claim to be good at reading between the lines. Do you think I'm
off base in my assessment that cooperation is a very likely
possibility and that the timing of operations in Pakistan and troop
increases are probably not simply coincidental?
strategy," said Obama at the White House, flanked by Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton, Defense Secretary Roberts Gates and National
Security Advisor James Jones.
In laying out the new strategy, the president said that the U.S.
goal is to defeat al-Qaeda and to strengthen anti-terrorism
capabilities of both Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The mission, the president said, is "to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat
al-Qaeda in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and to prevent their return to
either country in the future."
However, the president also hinted that the United States is open to
talks with moderate elements of the Taliban.
To defeat terrorists, Obama said he envisions a regional approach that
includes both Afghanistan and Pakistan.
"The future of Afghanistan is inextricably linked to the future of
its neighbor, Pakistan. In the nearly eight years since 9/11, al-Qaeda
and its extremist allies have moved across the border to the remote
areas of the Pakistani frontier," he said.
Obama said the Afghan-Pakistani border region has become the most
dangerous place in the world.
"To enhance the military, governance, and economic capacity of
Afghanistan and Pakistan, we have to marshal international support,"
the president said.
"To defeat an enemy that heeds no borders or laws of war, we must
recognize the fundamental connection between the future of Afghanistan
and Pakistan," he added.
Meanwhile, to uproot terrorist safe heavens in Pakistan, Obama said he
is "calling upon Congress to pass a bipartisan bill co-sponsors by
John Kerry and Richard Lugar that authorizes 1.5 billion dollars in
direct support to the Pakistani people every year over the next five
years."
"It is important for the American people to understand that
Pakistan needs our help in going after al-Qaeda," he said.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/28/content_11086818.htm
You claim to be good at reading between the lines. Do you think I'm
off base in my assessment that cooperation is a very likely
possibility and that the timing of operations in Pakistan and troop
increases are probably not simply coincidental?