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If you read Epa's pieces below (and you really should) I'd say he may have given up on that line of thinking.
Because if he really is waiting for an excuse, and the American public gets wind that it happened and he knew about the camps, he's going to wish all he had to worry about were The Tea Parties.
But then again, perhaps the contradictory imminent threat information, coupled with the release of this book, would explain the sudden increase in drone attacks and now these incursions.
Newsmax:
Woodward Book: Pakistan Has 150 Terrorist Camps
Wednesday, 29 Sep 2010
By: William Chedsey
In its third and final excerpt from Bob Woodward’s new book, “Obama’s Wars,” The Washington Post revealed that the U.S. military has identified and secretly targeted about 150 terrorist camps in Pakistan, but that the Obama administration is waiting for another terrorist attack on the United States before bombing the sites.
In May, Woodward reports, President Obama sent his national security adviser, retired Marine Gen. James L. Jones, and CIA Director Leon Panetta to Pakistan. At a meeting in Islamabad, Jones told Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari that, if there were a successful future terrorist attack against the United States, “Obama would be forced to do things that Pakistan would not like,” Woodward wrote.
“No one will be able to stop the response and consequences,” Jones told Zardari. “This is not a threat, just a statement of political fact.”
According to Woodward, “Jones did not give specifics about what he meant. The Obama administration had a ‘retribution’ plan, one of the most sensitive and secretive of all military contingencies. The plan called for bombing about 150 identified terrorist camps in a brutal, punishing attack inside Pakistan.”
But some critics of the president are wondering why America should have to wait for another terror attack before going after so many known terror camps, where Islamist operatives are undoubtedly being trained for attacks against the United States, Israel, and our allies in Europe.
A Washington Times editorial on Tuesday warned, “It’s a mistake to wait for an attack on our homeland. If the plan is in place and the targets selected, why not attack them now?”
The conservative editorial page even offered some political counsel to the president: “If America suffers a major terrorist attack on President Obama’s watch that could have been pre-empted, he won’t be able to count on the national unity Mr. Bush enjoyed nine years ago.”
Gen. Jones and spy chief Panetta both told the Pakistani president that, as Woodward described it, “There might be no way to save the strategic partnership” between the United States and the Pakistani government if a successful attack struck the U.S. homeland.
“If that happens, all bets are off,” Panetta told President Zardari, according to Woodward.
Pakistan, with a strong presence of both Taliban and high-ranking al-Qaida terrorist operatives, is the only Islamic state in the world possessing nuclear weapons.
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He's Waiting for Another Attack?
If you read Epa's pieces below (and you really should) I'd say he may have given up on that line of thinking.
Because if he really is waiting for an excuse, and the American public gets wind that it happened and he knew about the camps, he's going to wish all he had to worry about were The Tea Parties.
But then again, perhaps the contradictory imminent threat information, coupled with the release of this book, would explain the sudden increase in drone attacks and now these incursions.
Newsmax:
Woodward Book: Pakistan Has 150 Terrorist Camps
Wednesday, 29 Sep 2010
By: William Chedsey
In its third and final excerpt from Bob Woodward’s new book, “Obama’s Wars,” The Washington Post revealed that the U.S. military has identified and secretly targeted about 150 terrorist camps in Pakistan, but that the Obama administration is waiting for another terrorist attack on the United States before bombing the sites.
In May, Woodward reports, President Obama sent his national security adviser, retired Marine Gen. James L. Jones, and CIA Director Leon Panetta to Pakistan. At a meeting in Islamabad, Jones told Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari that, if there were a successful future terrorist attack against the United States, “Obama would be forced to do things that Pakistan would not like,” Woodward wrote.
“No one will be able to stop the response and consequences,” Jones told Zardari. “This is not a threat, just a statement of political fact.”
According to Woodward, “Jones did not give specifics about what he meant. The Obama administration had a ‘retribution’ plan, one of the most sensitive and secretive of all military contingencies. The plan called for bombing about 150 identified terrorist camps in a brutal, punishing attack inside Pakistan.”
But some critics of the president are wondering why America should have to wait for another terror attack before going after so many known terror camps, where Islamist operatives are undoubtedly being trained for attacks against the United States, Israel, and our allies in Europe.
A Washington Times editorial on Tuesday warned, “It’s a mistake to wait for an attack on our homeland. If the plan is in place and the targets selected, why not attack them now?”
The conservative editorial page even offered some political counsel to the president: “If America suffers a major terrorist attack on President Obama’s watch that could have been pre-empted, he won’t be able to count on the national unity Mr. Bush enjoyed nine years ago.”
Gen. Jones and spy chief Panetta both told the Pakistani president that, as Woodward described it, “There might be no way to save the strategic partnership” between the United States and the Pakistani government if a successful attack struck the U.S. homeland.
“If that happens, all bets are off,” Panetta told President Zardari, according to Woodward.
Pakistan, with a strong presence of both Taliban and high-ranking al-Qaida terrorist operatives, is the only Islamic state in the world possessing nuclear weapons.
- Obama We Can Absorb Mass-murder Committed Against Our Fellow Citizens
From Ace: Barack Obama To Bob Woodward This Past July: "We can absorb a terrorist attack. We'll do everything we can to prevent it, but even a 9/11, even the biggest attack ever . . . we absorbed it and we are stronger." —Ace From Woodward's...
- Ya Think?
Or maybe it's just easier for them with our current commander in chief to nearly pull it off. Sooner or sooner, they'll be the ones to gte lucky, not us. Newsmax: Terrorists Have New Focus on Attacking U.S., Officials Warn Saturday, 08 May 2010...
- U.s.: Taliban May Get Control Of Pakistan Nukes
Now this is comforting. I thought they had these things all under control, tucked nicely in bed where the Mean Ol' Talibanny Monsters couldn't get them. Wasn't that what we were told??? NewsMax: U.S.: Taliban May Get Control of Pakistan Nukes...
- Personal Reasons Are Important
In FrontPage today, a little good news: America gained an import new ally in the War on Terror yesterday, with the swearing in of Asif Ali Zardari as Pakistan’s new president. Appropriately, the ceremony took place before a portrait of another steadfast...
- Someone Is Drastically Wrong, Or Totally Lying, And I Want To Know Who
Bob Woodward has just published a book in which he claims.... the Bush administration has not told the truth regarding the level of violence, especially against U.S. troops, in Iraq. He also reveals key intelligence that predicts the insurgency will grow...