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Politics : Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. President or Pretender?

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To: mistermj who wrote (674)	3/6/2008 11:48:30 PM
From: Peter Dierks	of 1090

Obama Abroad By MARTIN PERETZ March 7, 2008 On Aug. 1, 2007 Barack Obama uttered a sentence that has brought him much grief: "If we have actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets and [Pakistani] President Musharraf won't act, we will." At the time, virtually all of his Democratic opponents lambasted him for being reckless. As late as their debate in Ohio last week, Hillary Clinton charged that "he basically threatened to bomb Pakistan." Yet neither in this speech (a densely detailed address at the Woodrow Wilson Center) nor in any other has the candidate mentioned "bombing" Pakistan. It is possible that the antiterrorist operation he envisaged might include an attack from the air. But that is not what he said. Martin Kozlowski The extraordinary recoil from Mr. Obama's perfectly sensible statement reminded me of the Clinton administration's quivers about any retaliating against al Qaeda. For a quick reprise of these inhibitions, skim the 9/11 Commission report: One high official in the small circle dealing with tracking the bin Laden brotherhood insisted that the terrorists be brought in alive; another was committed to giving them a fair trial, although a cabinet member feared a jury wouldn't convict; still another official objected that there might ensue some "collateral damage" even from a targeted attack. The fact is that Hillary Clinton has never answered the red phone at 3 a.m., or any other time, for that matter. And Bill's record on this matter is not reassuring, either. So what are Mr. Obama's inclinations in foreign policy? Listening to him carefully,... Message 24377228

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