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white_wolf

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9. This post will not make me popular but here goes...

Reply to louis c (Original post)

Wed May 2, 2012, 09:11 PM

May 2012

I don't agree with Obama on this. Do we have the right to violate another nation's sovereignty and hunt down criminals in their borders without their permission? If the leader of the a major drug cartel was hiding in the U.S. and Mexico sent a special forces team into the U.S. to kill him without asking permission, I'm willing to be a lot of people would be angry.

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The Real Osama bin Laden Question [View all] louis c May 2012 OP

Kick louis c May 2012 #1

Kick in the morning louis c May 2012 #2

Good point. kentuck May 2012 #3

Thanks louis c May 2012 #4

But Willard Rmoney said Obama was wrong because Pakistan was America's friend malaise May 2012 #5

An excellent post. Candidate Obama kept his promise. nt msanthrope May 2012 #6

thanks for getting it. louis c May 2012 #7

Oh believe me. They all "get it." They just don't want to admit it. nt nanabugg May 2012 #8

Candidate Obama has kept all of his foreign policy promises. joshcryer May 2012 #16

This post will not make me popular but here goes... white_wolf May 2012 #9

I understand your concern and your analogy louis c May 2012 #10

Justice is selective. joshcryer May 2012 #14

I don't believe in "national sovereignty," to be honest. joshcryer May 2012 #13

k&r... spanone May 2012 #11

It is telling that he wa right near a training camp for the Pakistani military. joshcryer May 2012 #12

We don't know if Obama notified Pakistan or not. EFerrari May 2012 #15

Here's what we know louis c May 2012 #17

i understand. However, both governments have political reasons EFerrari May 2012 #18