Comments on: The duplicity of attacking Obama’s Pakistan comment http://www.flashpointblog.com/2007/08/05/the-duplicity-of-attacking-obamas-pakistan-comment/ Politics. Alabama Style. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 22:20:28 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Brian http://www.flashpointblog.com/2007/08/05/the-duplicity-of-attacking-obamas-pakistan-comment/comment-page-1/#comment-7642 Brian Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:31:19 +0000 http://www.flashpointblog.com/2007/08/05/the-duplicity-of-attacking-obamas-pakistan-comment/#comment-7642 Musharraf is in a rather precarious position and he has attempted to consolidate power by removing the chief justice of their supreme court. The court has since fought back and ordered his reinstatement. I’m all for a reasoned, nuanced foreign policy; my point in chastising Bush supporters for being critical of Obama is that Bush’s “with us or against us” policy is dangerously simplistic. Even worse, the Bush administration comes across as hypocritical when they don’t pursue states and organizations labeled as terrorists (i.e. Hamas, Hezbollah, etc.) with the same fervor that they showed when we invaded Iraq. Musharraf is in a rather precarious position and he has attempted to consolidate power by removing the chief justice of their supreme court. The court has since fought back and ordered his reinstatement.

I’m all for a reasoned, nuanced foreign policy; my point in chastising Bush supporters for being critical of Obama is that Bush’s “with us or against us” policy is dangerously simplistic. Even worse, the Bush administration comes across as hypocritical when they don’t pursue states and organizations labeled as terrorists (i.e. Hamas, Hezbollah, etc.) with the same fervor that they showed when we invaded Iraq.

]]> By: Don http://www.flashpointblog.com/2007/08/05/the-duplicity-of-attacking-obamas-pakistan-comment/comment-page-1/#comment-7635 Don Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:08:50 +0000 http://www.flashpointblog.com/2007/08/05/the-duplicity-of-attacking-obamas-pakistan-comment/#comment-7635 I haven’t followed this closely, but I believe I’ve heard or read that Musharraf may be in a shaky position in his own country so I can understand that if in order to stay in control he is reluctant to take action against the terrorists in his territory. There’s much at stake here, with Pakistan having nuclear weapons that could fall into the hands of the terrorists if he were removed from power, and there could be a coups to do that if he attacked them, or if he looked the other way while the US intruded on Pakistan’s territory. I haven’t followed this closely, but I believe I’ve heard or read that Musharraf may be in a shaky position in his own country so I can understand that if in order to stay in control he is reluctant to take action against the terrorists in his territory. There’s much at stake here, with Pakistan having nuclear weapons that could fall into the hands of the terrorists if he were removed from power, and there could be a coups to do that if he attacked them, or if he looked the other way while the US intruded on Pakistan’s territory.

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