What Biden would do if Musharraf were "taken out"

[gateley]

(This is from the Biden interview with George Stephanopoulos a little over a week ago. Interesting George S. would ask this question.)

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In an interview on ABC News' "This Week," Stephanopoulos asked Biden, "If President Musharraf or the elected leader of Pakistan were taken out, you would consider, as president, going in with the military?"

"What I would consider is uniting the world," Biden said. "It's in everybody's interest, not just the United States alone. The first thing I would do, I would call a meeting. I would ask for a meeting of the Security Council. I would be on the telephone with everyone from Putin to the Chinese premier to our allies in Great Britain and NATO. This cannot be a U.S.-alone operation."

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Biden added, "We have a Musharraf policy. We do not have a Pakistan policy."

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http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=3755678&page=1


....Just wondering - So do you suppose Bush/Rice have called a meeting of the Security Council and are speaking to all the other global players? Me either.

[PatSeg]

In their minds, there are no other global players!

[gateley]

3. Ha! You are SO RIGHT! nt

[tularetom]

1. wow - "taken out". I love it when some wimpy pundit

tries to talk like Dirty Harry.

[jimshoes]

2. When the only tool you have

is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

[gateley]

4. Great saying - I've never heard that before. nt

[Adelante]

5. I think it's an Army saying

At least Wes Clark has used it for years in talking about Bush's Iraq policies.

[ginchinchili]

6. Leave it to Wes.

Even though he's supporting Hillary, I hope President Biden will consider using him in his administration.

[Adelante]

8. I am sure President Biden would

:)

[PatSeg]

10. Me either - I love it.

[rodeodance]

7. Cheney runs Pakistan now too:

Cheney runs Pakistan now too
by GottaLaff about 14 hours ago - 3 comments


H/t: Think Progress and Commenter Mainsailset:

Current and past U.S. officials tell me that Pakistan policy is essentially being run from Cheney's office. The vice president, they say, is close to Musharraf and refuses to brook any U.S. criticism of him. This all fits; in recent months, I'm told, Pakistani opposition politicians visiting Washington have been ushered in to meet Cheney's aides, rather than taken to the State Department.
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America's Bad Deal With Musharraf, Going Down in Flames

By Ahmed Rashid

Sunday, June 17, 2007; Page B01

The problem is exacerbated by a dramatic drop-off in U.S. expertise on Pakistan. Retired American officials say that, for the first time in U.S. history, nobody with serious Pakistan experience is working in the South Asia bureau of the State Department, on State's policy planning staff, on the National Security Council staff or even in Vice President Cheney's office. Anne W. Patterson, the new U.S. ambassador to Islamabad, is an expert on Latin American "drugs and thugs"; Richard A. Boucher, the assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian affairs, is a former department spokesman who served three tours in Hong Kong and China but never was posted in South Asia. "They know nothing of Pakistan," a former senior U.S. diplomat said.

Current and past U.S. officials tell me that Pakistan policy is essentially being run from Cheney's office. The vice president, they say, is close to Musharraf and refuses to brook any U.S. criticism of him. This all fits; in recent months, I'm told, Pakistani opposition politicians visiting Washington have been ushered in to meet Cheney's aides, rather than taken to the State Department.

[gateley]

9. Well THAT's a relief! nt

[murbley40]

11. K&R