The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by Alex

Isn't the hypothetical Obama answered for being willing to to go into Pakistan exactly the same reason we went into Afghanistan?

I missed this earlier....I don't think so. In Afghanistan, there was direct government control by the Taliban and they were providing safe harbor for them. The government supported what the Taliban and terrorists were doing. Not so in Pakistan, where efforts are being made (though I don't necessrily agree with the methodology).

[Alex]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

I missed this earlier....I don't think so. In Afghanistan, there was direct government control by the Taliban and they were providing safe harbor for them. The government supported what the Taliban and terrorists were doing. Not so in Pakistan, where efforts are being made (though I don't necessrily agree with the methodology).

But a fundamental part of the Obama quote was that we have "high value" intelligence about specific Al Qaeda targets and the government of Pakistan is not doing anything about it.

Sounds like the same thing to me. If Pakistan is harboring Al Qaeda we'll go in.