"Barack Obama on Wednesday said he would not hesitate to order military strikes against al-Qaeda targets on Pakistani soil with or without the permission of General Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's military ruler."
http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.aspx?feed=FT&Date=20070801&ID=7262482
Unbelievably stupid statements coming from this as hillary said "novice"...
1) He would be invading a country there is no doubt as Pakistan has not invaded like Saddam did.
2) Obama would totally blow any permissions to fly over Pakistan to re-supply Afghanstan.. has he every looked at
    a map?
3) Does he think the Pakastani's would not hesitate to use their nukes against the invaders?
4) Pakastan has 167 million people!
5) 39 million military personnel

But the absolutely funniest aspect is he wouldn't listen to his generals as the NBC reporter asked.
He would know better! 
Perfect example of a political driven person who is looking for his poll numbers rather then principle!
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Going after the terrorists where they were not, as in Iraq, and failing to actually finish the job in Afghanistan did not work.  It seems like going after them wear they are might be the best idea.  If we are going to send US solders to battle why not send them wear the can actually make the US safer and not to Iraq.

Because Pakistan is an ally and just as there are terrorist in the USA doesn't mean we
invade our own country!  See what dumb statement that is?
Right up there with people that dont understand that Saddam was a terrorist of the first degree!
He ignored 13 resolutions.  Pakistan hasn't.
He continued the Gulf war by not abiding to the 1991 Cease Fire!
Pakistan does not have a history of ignoring UN sactions, invading Iran, Kuwait etc.
How come you can't see that the liberation of Iraq is part of the war on terror?
The answer is you hate  Bush! 

Following Operation Provide Comfort, the United States continued to watch over the northern skies with the launching of Operation Northern Watch on January 1st, 1997. Operation Northern Watch continued to provide air security to the Kurdish population in the north. American and British aircraft continuously maintained the integrity of the NFZ, receiving anti-aircraft fire from Iraqi forces almost daily. The operation ran until its conclusion on May 1st, 2003.

In the south, Operation Southern Watch was underway to watch over the persecuted Shi'ite populations. This operation was launched on August 27th, 1992 with the mission of preventing further inhumane acts against civilian populations. Iraq challenged the no-fly zone beginning in December 1992 when a U.S. F-16 shot down a MiG which had locked on to it in the Southern no-fly zone. The next month Allied planes attacked Iraqi SAM sites in the South and bombed a nuclear facility. Baghdad eventually halted firing on patrolling Allied aircraft after August 1993.

In the aftermath of Operation Desert Fox during December 1998, Iraq announced it would no longer respect the no-fly zones and resumed its efforts in shooting down Allied aircraft. Saddam Hussein offered a $14,000 reward to anyone who could accomplish this task, but no manned aircraft were ever shot down by Iraq.

Bush essentially said the same thing as Obama.  So Hello!

As the poster you were responding to correctly pointed out, here are the following irrefutable facts regarding the middle east:

 

 

Al Qida attacked the USA repeatedly. In 2000 the attacked our Navy. In 2001 they attacked us on our soil. They threatened to wage holy war against us. All of our intelligence entities consensually agreed that Al Qida was an "Existential Threat to this country".

 

Now, to knuckle draggers like you, and existential threat is one that has the ability and the intent to end our existence.

 

Bush sent 325 soldiers to fight Al Qida as a result.

 

Iraq had been so badly decimated by the various sanctions, the attacks on their targets that our military and intelligence entities were unanimously  concerned that the SAddam regime would fall to pieces leaving a power vacuum in the middle east.

 

Bush sent several hundred thousand USA troops after this crumbling regime. 

 

Why the difference?

 

Bush told us the answer himself. Fighting terrorism would be hard hard hard. Knocking off Saddam would be a picnic. After all, the only thing that Bush was concerned with was keeping the neocons in power.

 

 

you forgot he also went into afghanistan trying to catch the cohorts. There is also a lot fo stuff going on that does not get in the news.

BTW, where is our buddy Osama? Haven't heard from him in quite some time......hmmmmm

"Because Pakistan is an ally"

They ARE? How does that saying go? With friends like them, who needs enemies.