Blitzer again ignored Bush's inconsistent statements on Pakistani sovereignty

SUMMARY: In a recent interview, CNN's Wolf Blitzer did not challenge President Bush when he agreed that "absolutely" he "would authorize U.S. troops to go into Pakistan if [he] had actionable intelligence on Osama bin Laden's whereabouts or other top-ranking Al Qaeda members." When Bush stressed that his position 'hasn't changed," Blitzer did not note that Bush's September 2006 statement -- that he would "[a]bsolutely" order U.S. troops into Pakistan to capture bin Laden -- was inconsistent with a statement he had made five days earlier -- that the United States would not send troops into Pakistan to hunt for bin Laden unless it was "invited" to do so, because Pakistan is a "sovereign nation."

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