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9/13/2008

September Suprise

While the chattering classes and political junkies are all pre-occupied arguing about the relative importance of Sarah Palin’s grasp of the Bush Doctrine, the good folks in Cheney’s bunker are working their little horns off to produce an October surprise in Pakistan. Several news media outlets are reporting that recent cross border raids are part of a US program to beef up efforts against Al Qaeda.

NPR is reporting that:

the raid by helicopter-borne U.S. Special Operations forces in Pakistan last week was not an isolated incident but part of a three-phase plan, approved by President Bush, to strike at Osama bin Laden and top al-Qaida leadership.

The plan calls for a much more aggressive military campaign, said one source, familiar with the presidential order, which gives the green light for the military to take part in the operations. The plan represents an 11th-hour effort to hammer al-Qaida until the Bush administration leaves office, two government officials told NPR

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The timing is rather completely obvious and transparent. Perhaps the press will actually focus on that this time.

It’s also ironic to watch the Bush Administration come around to implement Barack Obama’s foreign policy perscriptions. Remember that Obama called for an Iraq withdrawal timeline well before Maliki, and advocated hunting down Al Qaeda in Pakistan while the Cheney crew were still coddling Musharraf. Now the McCain Rovians will undoubtedly distort and exploit this 9th inning gamble. It’s up to the Obama campaign to ask why this is being done now, and not, as opposed to let’s say March of 2003.

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