The U.S. should speed its withdrawal of forces from Afghanistan but must remain engaged in Pakistan.
I believe Secretary of State Clinton was brave in entering Pakistan after the operation to remove Osama bin Laden. I am confident, given the current climate between the USA and Pakistan, the Pakistani government was extremely concerned for her safety. But, Fearless Hillary wasn't going to be intimidated into staying out of the country. She is committed in every sense to resolution of tensions between the USA and Pakistan. I am confident she sees this as an opportunity to focus on the corruption within Pakistan and help resolve it.
It is time for Pakistan to rid themselves of the corruption that allows such violence within their country, especially considering the assassination of Former Prime Minister Bhutto. She was very interested in the tribal areas and the security of the people there. She knew it was a haven for the 'untouchables' within the country. The comfortable existence of bin Laden within the military complex of Pakistan is simply a reality no major power in the world should accept as 'normal' or an intelligence oversight. This is an extremely dangerous posture for Pakistan in a Middle East under change at every turn and now Iran is sending troops to Syria to enforce the current government infrastructure. Pakistan is too vulnerable to internal conflict to allow this covert extremist network to operate within their borders. They should be commending the USA forces that assisted them in removing one of the most wanted international criminals on the planet.I believe Secretary of State Clinton was brave in entering Pakistan after the operation to remove Osama bin Laden. I am confident, given the current climate between the USA and Pakistan, the Pakistani government was extremely concerned for her safety. But, Fearless Hillary wasn't going to be intimidated into staying out of the country. She is committed in every sense to resolution of tensions between the USA and Pakistan. I am confident she sees this as an opportunity to focus on the corruption within Pakistan and help resolve it.
..."Our counterparts (click here) in the government were very forthcoming in saying that somebody somewhere was providing some kind of support, and they are carrying out an investigation," she said....
I don't see the USA operations in Pakistan to extract bin Laden and weaken al Qaeda as a blatant disregard of Pakistani sovereignty at all, actually. It was obvious Pakistan either didn't have the will to rid the world of bin Laden and al Qaeda or simply couldn't. Either way the 'precision' EXERCISE was carried out without engaging Pakistan troops or police officers and with complete secrecy to insure the safety of USA military experts.
I don't see the USA operations in Pakistan to extract bin Laden and weaken al Qaeda as a blatant disregard of Pakistani sovereignty at all, actually. It was obvious Pakistan either didn't have the will to rid the world of bin Laden and al Qaeda or simply couldn't. Either way the 'precision' EXERCISE was carried out without engaging Pakistan troops or police officers and with complete secrecy to insure the safety of USA military experts.
...Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (click here) visited Islamabad on Friday in a bid to ease the mistrust deepened by the secret May 2 raid that killed the al-Qaida chief.
Pakistani leaders see the raid as a blatant violation of their country's sovereignty, and Washington's decision to not inform Islamabad in advance as an example of a glaring lack of trust....
Pakistani leaders see the raid as a blatant violation of their country's sovereignty, and Washington's decision to not inform Islamabad in advance as an example of a glaring lack of trust....
The work of the USA State Department must go on uninterrupted, but, then so should the intelligence agencies to insure Pakistan is secure enough to conduct a vital investigation the protection of this heinous crimnial and his associaites throughout the country.
