Mccain Takes Another Swipe At Obama’s Pakistan Remark
Monday, July 21, 2008 at 10:19 am Under Pakistan News 5 views
WASHINGTON :As Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama visited Afghanistan, Republican White House contender John McCain has once again criticised his rhetoric on unilateral action into Pakistani territory, saying his approach creates difficulties in the way of South Asian country’s anti-terrorism support.
McCain also noted a lack of coherent effort on the Afghan side and added as president of the United States he would appoint a high-level adviser to assure success in the insurgency-hit country. “A successful counterinsurgency requires all instruments of our national power, and that military and civilian leaders work together, at all levels, under a joint plan.”
“Too often in Afghanistan this is not happening. So I will appoint a highly-respected national security leader, based in the White House and reporting directly to the president, whose sole mission will be to assure victory in Afghanistan,” he said in a radio address.
Senator McCain declared that a special focus of his regional strategy would be Pakistan, where, he claimed, extremists are suspected to be hiding. He reaffirmed his support for Islamabad’s approach to engaging tribesmen to isolate terrorists.
“One way to root them out is to strengthen local tribes in the border areas that are willing to fight them. Senator Obama has spoken in public about taking unilateral military action in Pakistan. But in trying to sound tough, he has only made it harder to enlist the full support of Pakistan in the fight against terrorists.
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