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Obama Backtracks On Promise To Kill Bin Laden
Haha. What kind of change is that. None.
"Barack Obama suggested last night that removing Osama bin Laden from the battlefield was no longer essential and that America's security goals could be achieved merely by keeping al-Qaeda "on the run".
"My preference obviously would be to capture or kill him," he said. "But if we have so tightened the noose that he's in a cave somewhere and can't even communicate with his operatives then we will meet our goal of protecting America."
His comments, in a CBS interview, represent a significant watering down of the "dead or alive" policy pursued by President Bush since the terror attacks of September 11, 2001. They also appear to contradict Mr Obama's own statements made in the election campaign.
As recently as October 7, in a presidential debate, Mr Obama said: "We will kill bin Laden. We will crush al-Qaeda. That has to be our biggest national security priority."
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article...
"Barack Obama suggested last night that removing Osama bin Laden from the battlefield was no longer essential and that America's security goals could be achieved merely by keeping al-Qaeda "on the run".
"My preference obviously would be to capture or kill him," he said. "But if we have so tightened the noose that he's in a cave somewhere and can't even communicate with his operatives then we will meet our goal of protecting America."
His comments, in a CBS interview, represent a significant watering down of the "dead or alive" policy pursued by President Bush since the terror attacks of September 11, 2001. They also appear to contradict Mr Obama's own statements made in the election campaign.
As recently as October 7, in a presidential debate, Mr Obama said: "We will kill bin Laden. We will crush al-Qaeda. That has to be our biggest national security priority."
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article...
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Regardless of the fact that he's watering down the objectives of the dead or alive policy that's been put on Bin Laden's head, It's clear this administration is going to be much more focused on Al Qaeda than the administration that's leaving office. The U.S. Military and intelligence community will be moving resources from Iraq to Afghanistan, and this administration will be much more focused on Pakistan's role against Al Qaeda than the past administration. Under this past administration, we pretty much just let Afghanistan and Pakistan go to the wayside while we dedicated our resources to Iraq, which had nothing to do with 9/11. I'm sure that Bin Laden will eventually turn up if we stay focused on Al Qaeda and the Taliban regime in the Pakistan and Afghanistan region.
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