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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?

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To: American Spirit who wrote (12657)	8/3/2007 10:10:19 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Read Replies (1) of 224728

State Department cringes as Democrat presidential hopefuls muddy diplomatic waters 2007-08-03 WASHINGTON (AP) - The State Department has a message for White House candidates wanting to expound on sensitive diplomatic issues: Shut up. Traditionally silent during presidential campaigns filled with divisive foreign policy debates, the department on Friday delivered a rebuke to would-be nominees whose recent comments have complicated U.S. efforts to overcome deep suspicion about the war on terrorism in the Muslim world. «Those who wish to hold office can speak for themselves and whoever is elected in 2008 and comes into office in 2009 will then be in a position to talk about what they intend or plan to do,» said deputy spokesman Tom Casey, a career foreign service officer. First it was Barack Obama's talk of dialogue with dictators and invading Pakistan to kill Islamist militants, then it was Hillary Rodham Clinton refusing to rule out the use of nuclear weapons to that end. In Pakistan, the country's Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Sher Afgan said Friday he would open debate next week on recent criticism of Pakistan from several quarters in the U.S., including remarks by Senators Obama and Clinton. It is a matter of «grave concern that U.S. presidential candidates are using unethical and immoral tactics against Islam and Pakistan to win their election,» he said. Obama said last week he was willing to sit down with pariah leaders like North Korea's Kim Jong-il and Iran's Mahmoud Ahmedinejad and on Wednesday said he would send U.S. troops into Pakistan after Osama bin Laden and other extremists. On Thursday, he ruled out the use of nuclear weapons in Afghanistan and Pakistan but was quickly derided by Clinton, who signaled she would keep the option on the table. In 1979, rumors that Israel was going to bomb Mecca and Medina led to the storming of the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad and the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in European publications prompted violent protests two years ago.<

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