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India-Pakistan
Obama not to offer formal condolences over Nato attack: NYT
2011-12-02
[Dawn] US President Barack I mean, I do think at a certain point you've made enough money Obama is not considering offering formal condolences to Pakistain over the deaths of 24 soldiers in a NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions...
Arclight airstrike last week, a report in the New York Times
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
stated.

The report, quoting administration officials, said that Cameron Munter, the United States Ambassador in Pakistain, had requested the White House to issue a formal video statement from Barack Obama so that rapid deterioration of relations between the two countries could be prevented.

The White House, however, refused the request and said that expressions of remorse offered by senior administration officials and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
... sometimes described as The Heroine of Tuzla and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as Another Philander C. Knox ...
were enough.

The US president was unlikely to say anything further on the matter in the coming days, the officials told New York Times.
Posted by:Fred

#4  "SORRY/I'M SORRY" [so sorry] 1960's CLASSIC HIT SONG ...

versus

* CHINA DAILY FORUM > "US THREAT [Any] TO PAKISTAN IS THREAT TO CHINA", as per un-named Chinese Govt. Official.

* NOT-NECESSSARILY-UNRELATED SAME > [Farsi New Agency] TO AMERICA, ISRAEL IS NOT WORTH THE DESTRUCTION OF THE US.

ARTIC = Iran itself may not have any Nuclear Weapons [yet?], BUT ITS ALLIES HAVE.

Pakistan, Pak BFF China, Pak = Iran? BFF? Russia.

Soon to be HUGO? NORTH KOREA???

versus

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > US WARNED PAKISTAN [times] OF TERROR ATTACKS ON INDIAN SOIL. "Serious Consequences" may be in store for Pakland.

* INDIAN DEFENCE FORUM > PROJECTION OF NAVAL POWER KEY TO INDIA'S EMERGENCE.

* SAME > INDIA NAVY TO PROTECT ONGC [Oil-Natural Gas Consortium] VIDESH ASSETS IN SOUTH CHINA: VIVE ADMIRAL DK JOOSHI, + widout any need for absolute reliance or dependency on new ally Unified Vietnam = Vietnamese Navy to successfully do so.

ARTIC = Actually, India to broadly protect anywhere in the Seven Seas = aka the World, but espec in the South China Sea.

In short, INDJUH CAN'T MILPOL SERVE + PROTECT NEW BFFS VIETNAM + PHILIPPINES, ETC. IFF IT CAN'T HELP ITSELF.

RISING CHINA has NE ASIA = OKINAWA-TAIWAN STRAITS as its MAIN/PRIMARY STRATEGIC FRONT, RISING INDIA has the SCS + SW, SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN AREAS.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2011-12-02 22:26  

#3  Somebody out to whisper in Obama's ear that he's sure to be reelected if he orders enough of Pakistan leveled to prevent interference with withdrawing the troops from Afghanistan.

Though knowing the people surrounding him, somebody whispers in his ear right now that he should grant Russia whatever they demand to allow troop supply through trashcanistans.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2011-12-02 09:35  

#2  You're assuming a backbone somewhere in the administration?
Posted by: Fred   2011-12-02 08:48  

#1  

Hopefully they've bitten off more than they can chew this time.
Posted by: gorb   2011-12-02 00:32  

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