 US Democratic Party presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Monday that there had been "misreporting" of his comments and he had never called for an invasion of Pakistan or Afghanistan, reported Bret Hayworth for the Globe Gazette.
| "Who? Me? Invade Pakistan? You musta misunderstood!" |
"Who you gonna believe, me or that lying videotape!"
Answering a question from the audience concerning his comments about attacking the tribal areas in Pakistan at an event organised in Sioux City's Irving Elementary School, Obama said, "I have never called for an invasion of Pakistan or Afghanistan."
| Presumably we should have left Afghanistan alone in 2001... |
He said he advocated a "diplomatic surge" rather than a troop surge, adding that US troops should be withdrawn from Iraq within a year, reported the Globe.
| Good idea. Increase the number of striped pants addressing the problems. And Iraq's distracting us from the War of Terror. |
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