>>These seem to be getting much more common over the last few weeks.
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>>Maybe a departing gift from George to Obama, a nicely mixed up Pakistan.
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>Airstrikes in Pakistan, raids in Syria....
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>I'm beginning to think
seriously that the hidden detention camps Bush built are for his own citizens. What else will he do when the entire country rebels against his actions?
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>Sheesh, this is getting absolutely ridiculous and dangerous and scary. If Obama wasn't a shoe in already (I believe he was some time ago), he definitely is now.
I had to doublecheck to see this was really a message from you. Do you really have a problem with attacking 'safe havens' in Waziristan (given that Pakistan has neither the will nor the means) and do you really see this as any change in policy ?
I expect to see a lot more of this in the next 3 months - not to limit Obama's options but to leave him with a more manageable situation.
As to those who are talking about Bush doing whatever for his own legacy,that seems to be a pretty big misreading of the man and the situation. If that were his primary concern the last 5 years would have been done very differently. Right or wrong, isn't there just a chance a President might be doing what he thinks is best for the country in a given set of circumstances?
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