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One global partner President Clinton discussed with me, Pakistan. President BILL CLINTON: Someone asked me the other day, `Do you think Pakistan is our partner in the war on terror, or someone there knew bin Laden was there and helped him stay anonymous?’ And my answer was yes to both questions.
CLINTON: One of the problems that Pakistan has and–is sorting out its own identity because there’s so much internal conflict there between those who want to be reconciled to the rest of the world, beginning with India, and those who essentially buy the narrative of al-Qaeda. That’s why I think the administration has been absolutely right. I noticed the secretary of state, with whom I normally agree–makes my life a lot easier, but I also happen to believe it–said the other day that Pakistan was still a key partner in our efforts to contain terrorism.
I agree with that.
We have no choice but to try to work with them and help the internal battle that is going on there to come out the right way. BARTIROMO: Do you think we’ve cut off the head of terrorism, or do you expect retaliatory attacks? What do you think al-Qaeda’s response will be at this point?
Pres. CLINTON: In recent years al-Qaeda’s operated more like a franchise operation than a top-down operation and has morphed, just as communications has morphed. I mean, the fundamental challenge you have with terror is that the–in the world we live in, all the borders look more like nets than walls. And so–and most of us like it.
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