International events can yet derail Barack Obama’s march to the Democratic nomination. According to the Telegraph, Pervez Musharraf 'will exit in days, not months'. If radical Islamists destabilize Pakistan and threaten to control its nuclear weapons, a President Obama, who would have invaded Pakistan in the hunt for al-Qaeda, would have all the more reason to send in U.S. troops.
Let’s hope that Senators Clinton and/or McCain probe him on this one. Or was he just talking tough ?
Additional Comments:
1) I thought he blundered with that statement last August, but his campaign clearly didn't suffer. This is our second chance to ask him about it.
2) The U.S. is in a much stronger position to exercise a military option because it has more than 100,000 troops based nearby. I wonder if that was due to strategic foresight. Nah, just lucky, I guess. © 2008 Stephen Yuen
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