Congressman fears US occupation of Pakistan

WASHINGTON - Texas Congressman and prospective 2012 presidential candidate Ron Paul has strongly criticized President Barack Obamas policies towards Pakistan and he predicted that American troops will be sent there soon, according to media reports. We keep bombing them, we kill innocent people there.I see the whole thing as a mess, and I think that we are going to be in Pakistan. I think thats the next occupation and I fear it. I think its ridiculous, and I think our foreign policy is such we dont need to be doing this. Paul, a Republican, said Wednesday on MSNBC Television programme: Morning Joe. The helicopters that landed in Abbottabad wont be the last to put American troops on the ground in Pakistan, he referring to the American raid that killed Osama bin Laden, according to Politico news service. He said that he sees an occupation of even greater scale than Afghanistan on the horizon and that it wont succeed. Calling the relationship between the United States and Pakistan an impossible situation, Paul, a noted non-interventionist, said the United States has created a civil war in Pakistan and violated the countrys national security. He also addressed the idea of conspiracy theories popping up about Osama bin Laden and the raid. How many stories have we heard already about the killing of bin Laden, Paul asked. I mean, people are supposed to know what their governments doing. If you ask me exactly what happened, I have no idea because Ive heard so many stories. Asked by Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski if he had just floated a conspiracy theory himself, Paul flatly said no. I think the inept policy invites people to think about conspiracy theories because we dont get all the evidence, Paul said. I think there will be plenty of conspiracy theories because were presenting facts that were changing on almost a daily basis. Congressman fears US occupation of Pakistan

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