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Jen the Michigander


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Asked she had underestimated the level of anti-American sentiment in Pakistan, Clinton said, "No, because I've been following the research and the polling that's gone on for a couple of years. I knew that we were inheriting a pretty negative situation that we were going to have to address." That's why she wanted three days in the country, "a long trip for a secretary of state," she said.

"I wanted to demonstrate that, look, we are not coming here claiming that everything we've done is perfect. I've admitted to mistakes by our country going back in time, but I've also reminded people that we've been partners and allies from the beginning of Pakistan's inception as a country. Pakistan has helped us on several important occasions, and we are very grateful for that. So let's begin to clear the air here."

Meanwhile, in an interview with BBC, Secretary Clinton reaffirmed Washington's support for Pakistan's anti-terrorism struggle, saying "for many months, we have been encouraging and supporting the Pakistani people and their government to address the threat that they face."

"And we’re very encouraged by the commitment that we are seeing. The Pakistani army has suffered many losses. They’ve made a lot of sacrifice to push back the Taliban advances first in Swat, now in South Waziristan. And that is answering a lot of the concerns that we’ve been expressing to them about the capacity and resolve to
take on the threat that was posed to them. We think it’s a common threat. And so of course, we are very encouraged to see what the government is doing."

"At the same time, it is just a fact that al-Qaeda (crossing over from Afghanistan) had sought refuge in Pakistan after the United States and our allies went after them (in Afghanistan in 2001) because of the attack on 9/11.
"And we want to encourage everyone, not just the Pakistani Government or the military, but Pakistani citizens, to realize the connection between al-Qaeda and these Taliban extremists who are threatening Pakistan.
"They are part of a syndicate of terror. So I want to express my hope that we’re going to be successful in finding and rooting out the terrorists who threaten us both."


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The Conservative sites are going NUTS about Hillary Clinton.  Fox and several other Conservative sites are impressed.  Go Hillary.

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HMG, they should be impressed. Hillary is the one who is showing what America is made of. Omoron is simply an embarassment - everytime he heads overseas he ends up apologizing for crap he's said or done or feels America has done.

I can't help but wonder how many asshat Republicans, conservatives, etc. are wishing they'd backed Hillary last year?

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This, "asshat," Republican prayed that Hillary Clinton would get the Democratic nominatio.



-- Edited by CindyB on Saturday 31st of October 2009 11:13:12 PM

-- Edited by CindyB on Saturday 31st of October 2009 11:14:26 PM

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Hillarysmygirl16 wrote:

The Conservative sites are going NUTS about Hillary Clinton.  Fox and several other Conservative sites are impressed.  Go Hillary.





This is good for Hillary-- no matter how much 0 lives up to the Jimmy Carter comparisons, Hillary cannot now be painted with that same brush.


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CindyB wrote:

This, "asshat," Republican prayed that Hillary Clinton would get the Democratic nominatio.



-- Edited by CindyB on Saturday 31st of October 2009 11:13:12 PM

-- Edited by CindyB on Saturday 31st of October 2009 11:14:26 PM

I'm sure the implication was not that ALL Republicans are asshats.  Just that, according to the research, it was the Republican vote that put Obama over the top.  I guess that's because many hate John McCain, and maybe thought that putting a complete nincompoop in office would teach somebody a lesson.

I thank all the Republicans that rooted for Hillary, that voted for McCain/Palin, and that worked hard to try and keep Obama out of office.  We were (and I saw "we" even though I'm an ex-lifelong Dem") out-moneyed - no shame in that!!evileye

 



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LBN-COMMENTARY By TINA BROWN: Hooray! Hillary Clinton has taken her gloves off! The blue headscarf she wore in Pakistan was becoming (great look, solves the hair problem), but she has finally doffed her metaphorical burqa. Her sharp words on Thursday when she told a bunch of Pakistani journalists that she found it “hard to believe that nobody in your government knows where they [al Qaeda] are and couldn’t get them if they really wanted to was a burst of candor that we'd like to hear more of.

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