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• Sunday, August 5, 2007 06:40 PM

  Misrepresenting Obama on Pakistan

  Salon, in its general trending towards Clinton, first accuse Obama of wanting to 'invade' Pakistan and now says he has considered 'preemptively' attacking the state of Pervez Musharref. Both of these 'frames' (as your own war room calls Salon's 'analysis' of Obama's platform) demonstrate a lack of understanding that has been most closely echoed by the likes of Mitt Romney. The fact of the matter is that Musharref does not control northwestern Pakistan, it is effectively an unrecognized rogue state, and this morning, on Meet the Press, Secretary Gates implicitly conceded that he too would recommend a quick and focused strike on the area if there were actionable intelligence regarding the whereabouts of high-level Al Qaeda operatives and Musharref proved as uncooperative as he has been up to this point. As Obama's campaign itself has been effectively framing this issue, what candidate, beyond Congressmen Paul and Kucinich, would NOT order such a strike if it meant taking out bin Laden or al-Zawahiri. Clinton's flaccid insistence that 'Presidents just don't talk about that' only betrays her Cheney-like proclivity towards executive elitism and secrecy. Give me a president who recognizes reality and is honest with the American people over that, and give me an intellectually honest Salon over the superficial and blatantly slanted coverage that we've been given since this race began.

  —FinFangFoom Read FinFangFoom's other letters
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