McCain warns Pakistan of Indian air strikes

[FarCenter]

Nirupama Subramanian - http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/07/stories/2008120757500100.htm

Picture -- Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani (right) with U.S. Senator John McCain (second left) and Senator Joe Lieberman during a meeting in Islamabad on Saturday. Mr. McCain was on a daylong visit to Pakistan.

ISLAMABAD: United States Senator John McCain has said there is enough evidence of the involvement of former Inter-Services Intelligence officers in the planning and execution of the Mumbai attacks.

If Pakistan did not act swiftly to arrest the people involved, the Senator said, India would be left with no option but to conduct aerial operations against select targets in Pakistan.

Senator McCain, the Republican presidential candidate who lost to Barack Obama, told a select group of Pakistanis at an informal lunch in Lahore on Saturday that this was conveyed to him by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi.

Ejaz Haider, a senior editor at the Daily Times, who was at the lunch said Mr. McCain told the group that Washington would not be able to do much to stop India, as the Mumbai attacks were its “9/11.”

“The democratic government of India is under pressure and it will be a matter of days after they have given the evidence to Pakistan to use the option of force if Islamabad fails to act against the terrorists,” Mr. Haider quoted the Senator as saying.

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[seemslikeadream]

1. SHUT UP GRAMPY YOU LOST

REMEMBER?

[amdezurik]

7. seriously why is he and LIEberman

conducting diplomatic meetings?

[malaise]

10. Ditto

Go home to one of your houses -anyone but just STFU loser.
Go away you three fugging neo-con stooges - Gramps, Lieberman and Graham. :puke:

[bemildred]

2. Time to check out the fallout shelter. nt

[seemslikeadream]

3. I guess if he can't be president

no one can

[liberalmuse]

4. What the hell?

McCain needs to be sealed in a box stuffed with mothballs along with the simpering twit and droopy dog. Nice to know the fucker is trying to start a WAR.

[PCIntern]

5. McCain is declaring war for a country he's not even a citizen of...

In the spirit of fairness, I believe that we at DU should decide where his duaghter should work...

[dipsydoodle]

6. McWho ?

:shrug:

[tekisui]

8. STFU!

Between that and Condi saying the US will act if Pakistan doesn't, they are begging for war.

[jaxx]

13. That's what warmongers do....they instigate.

Somebody tell McCain he lost and get his ass back to work.

[Median Democrat]

9. Didn't McCain Criticize Obama For Threatening Our "Ally" Pakistan?

What gives? Can you imagine if McCain was president?

[rosesaylavee]

11. How does he think that will help?

Stir the pot much, McSame?

[EFerrari]

12. Rice and McWar say there is evidence. I want to see it. n/t

[tekisui]

15. So does Pakistan.

This statement from condi is unbelievable:

"I think we do believe that there was -- there is evidence of involvement somehow on Pakistani soil...even if these were non-state actors, which I believe they were -- non-state actors operating on Pakistani soil. It is still Pakistan's responsibility to respond", Rice told Fox News.


I think we do believe...somehow?!?!

Why doesn't she just say, "Look, we want to blame Pakistan, we are gonna blame Pakistan. Period."

[Swamp Rat]

14. McCain threatening war on behalf of India - Time for McCrazy to retire.

Joe Lieberman should be removed from his chairmanship too.

[Phred42]

16. Someone give Grampy a cookie and shut him up

[Life Long Dem]

17. So McCain is now the judge and jury in the Mumbai attacks?

More of those "facts" that pop up that they pretend is legal evidence in a court of law.