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Report: Pakistani Taliban Chief Killed in U.S. Drone Strike

Report: Pakistani Taliban Leader Hakimullah Mehsud Killed in U.S. Drone Strike

Pakistani intelligence officials said on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2012 they have intercepted militant radio communications indicating the Pakistani Taliban's leader Hakimullah Mehsud may have been killed in a recent U.S. drone strike in northwest Pakistan. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mehsud, File)

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Intercepted militant radio communications indicate the leader of the Pakistani Taliban may have been killed in a recent U.S. drone strike, Pakistani intelligence officials said Sunday. A Taliban official denied that.

The report coincided with sectarian violence – a bomb blast in eastern Pakistan that killed 14 people in a Shiite religious procession.

The claim that the Pakistani Taliban chief was killed came from officials who said they intercepted a number of Taliban radio conversations. In about a half a dozen intercepts, the militants discussed whether their chief, Hakimullah Mehsud, was killed on Jan. 12 in the North Waziristan tribal area. Some militants confirmed Mehsud was dead, and one criticized others for talking about the issue over the radio.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to reporters.

Pakistani Taliban spokesman Asimullah Mehsud denied the group’s leader was killed and said he was not in the area where the drone strike occurred.

In early 2010, both Pakistani and American officials said they believed a missile strike had killed Hakimullah Mehsud along the border of North and South Waziristan. They were proved wrong when videos appeared showing him still alive.

The Pakistani Taliban is linked to attacks against U.S. targets. They trained the Pakistani-American who tried to detonate a car bomb in New York City’s Times Square in 2010 and is tied to a suicide bombing that killed seven CIA agents at an Afghan base in 2009.

There was no claim of responsibility for Sunday’s bombing that killed 14 people during a Shiite observance in Punjab province in the east – the latest of a series of sectarian attacks in volatile Pakistan.

Hundreds of Pakistani Shiites gathered in the town of Khanpur in Punjab province for a traditional procession to mark the end of 40 days of mourning following the anniversary of the death of Imam Hussein, a revered seventh-century figure.

The explosion went off as the mourners left a mosque, said District Police Chief Sohail Chatta. The bomb appeared to have been planted ahead of time in the path of the procession, he said.

The Pakistani Taliban and other Sunni extremist groups have in the past claimed responsibility for the bombings of Shiite religious sites and ceremonies. Many Sunni extremists in Pakistan regard Shiites as heretics.

The Taliban and other groups have carried out hundreds of bombings over the last five years that have killed thousands of Pakistani troops and civilians as part of a campaign to install a hard-line Islamist government.

The attacks are so common that the country’s interior minister in December actually thanked the Taliban for acting on what he said was a “request” not to stage attacks during the Shiite rituals of Ashoura that month.

Punjab law minister Rana Sanaullah said police investigators were still examining the area of Sunday’s bombing for clues. Security was provided for the procession, but it was breached, Sanaullah said.

The continuing strikes by presumed religious extremists come during a political crisis that pits the Pakistani civilian government against the military, sparking rumors of an impending coup.

Last week the military warned the government of possible “grievous consequences” ahead, and President Asif Ali Zardari took a one-day trip to Dubai that renewed speculation that he might flee the country.

Analysts say the military may be looking for the Supreme Court to push out Zardari rather than risk an outright takeover.

Comments (92)

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  • cuinsong
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 4:37pm

    What another crazy killed and the world is rid of this vermin what a greate day for us in the real world
    I get so tired of the total hypocrisy of the Islamic religious teachings that it makes me sick they treat women like s–t their culture is all about how everyone else is the infidel and they have a corner on religion while they cheat, hate & kill innocent people every day then blame it all on the Jew how sick is that over done I would say! well here are some song’s for you and your kind about religious beliefs and teachings called “That’s not right” and “what for”
    http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_10789999
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    • SpankDaMonkey
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:21pm

      .
      I want one of those little Taliban Hat’s!… Anybody know a solider, that could get me one?……

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    • Secret Squirrel
      Posted on January 16, 2012 at 11:11am

      .
      Oh, no.
      More lonely goats.
      Oh, the humanity.

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    • NILAP
      Posted on January 16, 2012 at 12:20pm

      Those Taliban/Afghan hats really are nice! Always thought that. Am now looking for a source to get one!

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    • getalong
      Posted on January 16, 2012 at 3:43pm

      Wait a minute……Wasn’t the Obama administration going to try to work a “deal” with the Taliban? I’m confused.

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  • gpk
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 4:26pm

    Fibercon tablest should be mandatory carry items for our troops. Next time “dump ‘em.”

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  • mohavegreen
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 2:35pm

    Is there a drone tanker? Could it be filled with government employee piss (seems like their all at the pig trough and want to piss on a hydrant), equip it with a loud speaker that pig squeals and spray.

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    • MYHEROISRON
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 2:51pm

      If this is coming out of the OBAMMY Admin, then it’s probably not true. Next …

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    • jzs
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 3:58pm

      Isn’t it weird how President Obama, who is secretely a Muslim and terrorist sympathizer, just keeps on killing the bad guys? What gives?

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    • your sensei
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 5:02pm

      JZAS – Wow, I never really thought of ti that way before. Maybe because Fox hasn’t told me to think of it that way. But you’re right, Obama has been far more aggressive – and successful – in the war on terror than Bush and the conservatives ever were. But Orly Taizt the famous dental attorney says he’s a Muslim. So, what to do? It’s all so confusing.

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    • jzs
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 9:29pm

      Teacher, you’re right, it’s very confusing. To give Bush credit, he did neutralize the one military counterbalance to Iran in the region, and so now there is no check to their influence, and Iraq is now a new breeding ground for Iranian promoted terrorism. But at least they’re a democracy and no longer have WMDs.

      The fake birth certificate issued by the state of Hawaii is meaningless and has fooled no one because we know he born in Kenya, or somewhere besides the United States anyway. He’s really kind of dark looking and liberal and hates America and stuff.

      True, he’s Muslim, but killing all these terrorists only proves, time and time again, that he’s trying to cover his tracks. He‘s pretending he doesn’t love terrorists, and showing how weak his commitment is to actually combating terrorism.

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  • Viper1
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 2:23pm

    I couldn’t figure out why we were in secret negotiations with the Taliban and we are going to release four of their leaders back to Afghanistan. Well I just figured it out. We have been using the Taliban to hone in the targeting systems on the drone aircraft and we just needed some fresh targets. Since it is illegal to shoot them in Cuba we are just moving targets to a better down range target area. I hope they enjoy their trip back down range.

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    • georgiavietvet
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 6:02pm

      JZS……………. the only reason obama is killing muslim terrorists, is because he knows that he is known to be a muslim sympathizer. he thinks that killing high level terrorists will change that perception. well, im here to tell him, and you, that people who are able to think for themselves, are not fooled by his attempts to make himself look tough on muslims. obama is a closet muslim and is otherwise kissing muslim A$$. killing taliban wont change that…………………………..

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  • neverending
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 2:15pm

    Can’t help but wonder if it is real!! Been solidly confirmed??

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  • inferno
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 2:02pm

    Whether Obama supporters like it or not, weapons like drones and the guided bombs they drop were developed when Regan rebuilt our military after the fiasco of the Carter administtration, and further developed during both Bush administrations. Then along came Clinton and Obama to reap the fruits of Republican defense policies. Now Obama is attempting to undo our military forces all over again, as Democrats have done in the past. Yeah, it’s tough for Obama to be photographed with our military personnel, unless he wants a photo op in front of them for the 2012 election.

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  • Firefighter 538
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 1:07pm

    These turds have been killing each other for thousands of years. If it wasn’t for the innocents (children under 12) we should just nuke them all and let allah sort them out!

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    • robh
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 1:33pm

      Obama is becoming a pretty good shot.

      Well done Barack.

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    • F15Cheese
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 2:11pm

      Let’s see, Pakistani Sunnis kill 12 Pakistani Shiites and no one really cares. 4 US Marines piss on dead taliban and the lib media goes nuts! I could understand if they cared about the killing, but they don’t. They only care about embarrassing our military. War is hell and these men have seen it. Slap them on the wrist and get on with important business!

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    • NOBAMA201258
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 2:42pm

      Piss on all of them

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  • Tom70
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 1:05pm

    Good riddence. We can only hope that the missel was smeared with bacon grease.

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  • Chappy123
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:55pm

    Could it have been the drone that was given to iran? Maybe they havent figured out how to work it yet.

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  • pinchanze
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:48pm

    The U.S. will capitulate and give them the farm. Say what you will, but we are still negotiating with the Tali-wankers. Now you have Karzai telling us that we are out of line. Hate to tell ya Hamed, but you will be the first to go. LOL!!!

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  • The-Monk
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:41pm

    The bad thing about drones is that there aren’t any pieces left to piss on.

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    • Firefighter 538
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 1:01pm

      I like it! Just wish I had said it first :)

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 1:37pm

      Yah, but why piss on em, when you can take a dump on em ?

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 2:17pm

      @Detroit paperboy
      Go back to your post at 1:14 pm on the poem story and read my reply. You might like it.

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    • TSUNAMI-22
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 2:22pm

      The bad thing about drones is that there aren’t any pieces left to piss on.
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      We must have been separated at birth or something. How many times now have you said what I was thinking?

      Has anyone else noticed how the timing of all of this military tarnishing comes at a time when they are coming home? Just like Vietnam. What the media doesn’t want to confirm is that in private, the majority of people I talk to don’t really care if the Taliban gets pissed on by the military. They understand the frustration caused by the current ROE.

      Current ROE = Sand rat shoots at them until ammo gone, sand rat drops gun and walks away unmolested.

      My ROE = Deplete the sand rats out of ammo and then blow their f’ing heads off after they lay down their empty arms and try to walk away. We would have finished this crap 7 years ago.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 3:11pm

      @TSUNAMI-22
      I can say the same when I read a lot of your posts.
      I’d be happy and honored to call you Brother :)

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  • SamIamTwo
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:32pm

    Good for the US…the more the merrier.

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  • AmericanStrega
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:32pm

    That hat he’s wearing looks like a giant toadstool stuck on his head.

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  • ZeldaZick
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:18pm

    Here is the problem as I see it, we just spent a bunch of our own money to kill one guy.
    To win a war, you need to break the will of your enemy. If we had a President who wasn’t a Moslem himself, and had some actual war fighting knowlege, he‘d send a message that either the Paki’s either knock off the increasing friendship with the Commie Chinese/Taliban, of we test a nuke over one of their cities. Game-Set-Match!

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:35pm

      The real problem is this – as with the convienent timing in taking down UBL, the elections are coming and Obama needs to appear to be a ‘successful war time President’ (aside from giving Libya and Egypt to his radical brethren), I have to wonder if Obama is keeping the trouble with Pakistan stirred up so he can give help to the Taliban when they rise up to replace that nations current leadership; as they will soon do so in Afghanistan?

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    • AmeriCat
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 2:10pm

      @ Snowleopard….Now THAT’s a thought. Agree!

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  • NOT A CRAZY
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:11pm

    That picture looks remarkably similar to the one of the commie Che Guevara over in the right column.

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    • EqualJustice
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:38pm

      That’s JUST what I thought!

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    • hud
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 1:37pm

      Maybe he survived, took anti aging meds, and joined the Talleeeban.

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  • paleoman
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:09pm

    Piss on him, another terrorist dead. Well at least they don’t cut of the left ear and wear it around their neck. Drones, you got to love them.

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  • momrules
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:07pm

    One less evil man in the world, one less evil man our combat soldiers to have to face.

    That being said…………these drones scare the daylights out of me. I am afraid that one day soon they will used on the American people by our government that hates America and Americans.

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    • randy
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:24pm

      what do you want to bet, for every Muslim killed, Obama sheds a tear?

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    • REVerse
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:26pm

      Dude you were reading my mind. Those A-29 Super Tucano manned aircraft that the US is purchasing brought the same thought to mind when Glenn posted the story not long ago. The BHO/Holder administration is on the way to a full blown dictatorship. The next targets are the citizens that oppose them.

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    • Meyvn
      Posted on January 16, 2012 at 8:05am

      One day they will.

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  • supermurder
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:58am

    Quick! Somebody piss on him!

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    • NOT A CRAZY
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:05pm

      Show me where he is; I have a full bladder.

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    • larrylarrylarry
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:11pm

      Let’s retrofit those drones with a big urine bladder that will coat the area hit with urine tinted with bright yellow dye so the locals can see the piss.

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    • Viper1
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 4:32pm

      The truth is that the Taliban fighters weren’t really dead, but only on fire and our troops were simply trying to help put out the fire.

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  • bpost58
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:48am

    May he live with pigs in hell for eternity.

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  • NickDeringer
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:44am

    You can blow them to bits, but you can’t piss on them?

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:50am

      Absolutely.

      Because we all know that would be used as a recruitment tool. (sarc)

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  • CatB
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:38am

    But … I thought the Taliban was not our enemy (per Biden) and isn’t Hillary trying to negotiate with them???

    Sounds like someone messed up and actually took out an enemy of the United States .. heads will roll no doubt.

    OMG .. Obama MUST Go 2012!

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    • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:52am

      I have no love for Obama and could never have voted for him like thousands of Ron Paul supporters did in 2008 (actually physically went and voted for this POS), but Obama IS a Muslim killing machine of other Muslims (it’s in their DNA to kill each other) compared to what we would have with Ron Paul and his weak knee’d and cowardly pacifist foreign policy ideology. I hope Obama kills as many as possible before we vote him out of office.

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    • NOT A CRAZY
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:08pm

      Thanks for making that point Time2End. I personally know some Paullians who voted for B.O. and they are also the same crowd that handed the Clinton the reins when they insisted on Perot or Bust.

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    • BetterDays
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:17pm

      @time _2
      as a Ron Paul supporter if find your commentary offensive as well as uninformed, big shocker huh?
      Why offensive, because millions of morons vote for the commie in chief Obama, from every political persuasion and spectrum. But since your on the war path, you only focus you pathetic attempts to malign, upon RP supporters, lame, disengeneous, and false. And no, I didn’t vote at all last time nor did I vote for Bush, but then I actually research the candidates backgrounds, so unlike you I can make an informed decision rather than offer up falsehoods.
      Uninformed, because contrary to NeoCon reasoning, protracted never-ending wars and occupations of other countries does not lead to peace at home. Rather it seems it has a directly converse effect. I, like RP support a stout national defense, and I, would remove from the face of the earth and memory anyone foolish eneough to invade my borders. As in, all out, two week long full scale war of annilation that would leave nothing behind but smoldering craters and a world going “ were not going to be the next idiots”.
      So please, get a life and please quit spewing your hater rhetoric upon the constitution and REPUBLIC and Ron Paul.
      Thanks, and have a nice day.

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    • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:31pm

      BETTERDAYS. Read NOT A CRAZY above you who thanks me for my comment in a short, concise and pithy manner pointing out what we know to be the facts. If you’re offended by my comment and opinion, then you should go to the Ron Paul Forums where you can all slap each other on the bums and squeal in excitement that Ron Paul might get a speaking engagement at the GOP Convention. Maybe.

      If you’re looking for cold, hard fact and opinion from Conservatives, then stay here and stay tuned BETTERDAYS.

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    • therealconservative
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:33pm

      @Better

      Time2 is correct Paul is a Pacifist.

      The time is now near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves; whether they are to have any property they can call their own; whether their houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human efforts will deliver them. The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the courage and conduct of this army. Our cruel and unrelenting enemy leaves us only the choice of brave resistance, or the most abject submission. We have, therefore, to resolve to conquer or die.
      GEORGE WASHINGTON, address to the Continental Army before the battle of Long Island, Aug. 27, 1776

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    • BetterDays
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 12:58pm

      @Time_3 & The real
      Thanks for your replies gentilmen.
      Do you know what an adhominym attack is, it is making a statement as a fact without providing proofs. Such as “ they voted for Obama”, who did, what are their names, may I review their ballot? That’s like saying “you both are liberals”, I’m sure you are not, but I provide no proofs if I stuck to my statement as if it were fact. So no, I’m not buying your baseless accusations.
      Secondly, I’m not tring to besmirch or belittle you, vote for whomever you choose to. I’m of the opinion that a vote for anyone but RP is going to get us what we have today. And Lord knows that going just peachy isn’t it? What do I base me beliefs upon, hours of background searches on all the candidates, but do your own homework boys, I’m not your school marm. And to answer your unasked question, should RP not get the nod I will not be voting. WHY? Because unlike some, I don’t vote to cosign evil and my own demise just to replace one globalist with another, based upon skin color or any other reasoning.
      Lastly, I laughed at the “ butt patting” comment, I lead, and I couldn’t care less wether I have the approval of anyone else in my doing so. My self esteem is vertically based not horizontally, try it someday. From my previous comment one can easily ascertain where I stand on war, with or without RP’s or your approvals. But RP is the only constitutionally sound candidate, it’s not even close.
      Thanks again.

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    • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 1:09pm

      A new way to look at Ron Paul’s “non-interventionist” stance (which I personally think is “isolationism”) but we’ll call it what HE thinks it is. I don’t think it’s a good thing because I don’t think it’s a thing at all. “Non-interventionism” is no more a principle than “interventionism” is. It’s not obvious to me that “never intervene” is a wiser, more sensible, more prudent or more just approach than “always intervene” would be.

      It seems to me, rather, to be the sort of crutch Paul falls back on instead of engaging in the difficult, messy conversation of an actual principled approach to evaluating any given situation. It allows you to escape having to know or care at all about any particular situation, because you’ve got a one-size-fits-all answer to any and every question. A Ron Paul cop-out, like some issues he likes to say is a states issue, not a federal one. Ignoring or passing the buck is a Paul answer to many hard questions.

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    • Roaran
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 1:34pm

      @All the above people bashing Paul’s Foreign Policy.

      Ask yourself this question, “When is war ever beneficial to the people?”

      The spoils of war are always handed to the few and priviledged, yet the costs are always spread out. This is only monetary mind you, the real cost of war, the lives and the economy lost from fine young people losing their lives, will always out weight any gains.

      The only JUST war is that of self-defense of the nation as a whole. You call Paul a pacifist, which indicates you don’t understand where he is coming from. He understands that war is never good, and it is only a necessary evil that is to be avoided at all costs. The communists the everyone has been proclaiming to be disgusted with believe the ends justify the means. If you think whatever mischief we have caused around the world is justified by the ‘strategic gains’ we supposedly obtain… you’re no better than the uber fascist/communists who are willing to kill millions for their utopia.

      War is not glamorous, it is never good, and it is only just in self-defense. If you think Iran/Iraq/Afghanistan have ever posed a threat to the United States, we would have to go to war with nearly every country in the world.

      Our current foreign policy is not Republican, George Bush got elected on Ron Paul’s platform.

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    • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 1:36pm

      BETTERDAYS. Seems you haven‘t been in the game long enough to know where Ron Paul gets much of his support and where Ron Paul’s support element has gone in the past when he’s taken his ball home in anger and frustration. Tsk, tsk, tsk for your lack of real research.

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    • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 1:42pm

      ROARAN.”You call Paul a pacifist, which indicates you don’t understand where he is coming from.”

      Sorry, but I understand EXACTLY where Ron Paul is coming from. That‘s why I didn’t cast a vote for Obama or Cynthia McKinney like thousands of Paul supporters did in 2008. But you and BETTERDAYS convince yourselves that Ron Paul has got America’s back this time around too.

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    • BetterDays
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 1:44pm

      @time_2
      I see what your missing in your thought process, and considering we have a tyrant at present it might be difficult to see where a President Paul would act differently.
      War, is not an act constitutionally in the power of a president to declare, nor was it ever intended to be so. Lincoln, had a problem, when the Southren States seceded there was no longer a quorum ( see Roberts Rules of Order ) in congress to constitutionally declare war against them because all the Southren congressmen left DC en Masse. Lincoln was constitutionally without authority to wage war then, so what did he do? He had the remaing congress pass the first “ war powers act” which empowered him authority to declare the war. Constitutionally Lincoln was wrong, but morally he was very correct in doing so. Lincoln had stated that his most fervent desire was to reconvene congress after the war and to repeal the “war powers act” and all the martial law that went with it. Sadly we know Lincoln was murdered before he could get congress to act, and the law was never repealed. This established “precedent”, one that is used lately against us, citizens by presidents and to declare war without constitutional authority.
      Where your thinking departs from reality, is in the assumption that congress will blindly follow President Paul even if war should be declared. Congress would not do this say should anyone attack us or our allies, like Israel, and a president has NO CHOICE then.

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    • Vechorik
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 10:28pm

      With a name like “TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12″ it’s too obvious that you came here with a purpose — to lie.

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  • JP4JOY
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:34am

    We have so few friends in that part of the world maybe we should only send drones. Use intelligence networks already established and then send surprise packages in on a regular basis. Keep thinning the Taliban from the top down and they will spiral down into an insignificant rabble no one will want to associate with.
    Or maybe we should set up terrorist training camps with live munitions/explosives drills. Jeff Dunham’s “Achmed the Terrorist” comes to mind… premature detonation anyone?

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    • barber2
      Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:45am

      Agree with you. But wonder what ever happened to the drone that Iran got their hands on ? And which was conveniently swept under the rug by the Lap Dog media. ( Can you imagine the uproar that would have caused had it happened under the Bush Administration ??) Only hope that technology doesn’t come back to haunt us..not that Obama would ever take the Blame . This administration is like the Gang the Couldn‘t Shoot Straight with Biden’s comments and Obama’s apologies. Maybe the Obama people are just trying to confuse our enemies. Or maybe the White House is just telling lies like they tell the American people ?

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  • BetterDays
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:30am

    I hope the drone peed on him afterwards.

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  • democritusoilder267
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:29am

    This is good news. Hopefully both Pakistan and Afghanistan will follow the ways of Ahmad Shah Massoud instead of the Taliban.

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  • BurntHills
    Posted on January 15, 2012 at 11:20am

    well we all know whose funeral obama will be attending in grief, don’t we. after all, didn’t he have biden running around saying the taliban are our FRIENDS and obama is setting up an OFFICE for the taliban now. … wow if obama’s military is killing his taliban FRIENDS, imagine what der fuhrer obama plans to do to this America he hates so much.

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