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Thursday, November 27, 2008 12:00 AM

I'm grateful for Barack Obama

My sappy Thanksgiving post got more serious as I watched the Mumbai tragedy unfold.
Joan Walsh

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  • Thursday, November 27, 2008 12:37 PM

    Obama will invade with an army of your straw men

    Should Obama make the error of invading Pakistan (launching air strikes counts as an invasions and does any insertion of military personnel however small or brief) just for the purpose of catching Bin Laden, it will destabilize their already fragile government.

    ---NewYork NY

    The idea that Barack Obama would unilaterally invade Pakistan is made up almost whole cloth. He's said we need to focus on breaking up Al-Qaeda and rooting out terrorist cells in Aghanistan. I know he said something to that effect in a debate -once - but he has since clarified that statement.

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