I'm glad someone is saying it!

Barack Obama is being criticized for his comments earlier this week in which he said if he was President and received "actionable intelligence" about Al Qaeda in Pakistan, and the Pakistani government and Musharraf did not take action, the US would.

Hillary Clinton criticized Obama today saying that he shouldn't engage in hypotheticals since they can have consequences around the world. Isn't that part of the whole process? Talking about what you would do as President???

Obama's comments are right on the money. Everyone knows that Osama Bin Laden and the Al Qaeda leadership are hiding in Pakistan on the Afghanistan border, yet we are unable to find them, nor are we allowed to enter Pakistan. Pakistan seems reluctant to really help us and pressure needs to be placed on Musharraf and the Pakistanis to allow us to finish what should have ended nearly six years ago.

I don't think Barack Obama's comments were off the cuff. I think they were thought out and quite clever. He knows that even as a candidate, he can shape the direction of US foreign policy and he is using it to good effect.

I have supported Obama but have been quietly waiting for the race to shape up. With each passing week, I find more and more reasons to cast my vote in his direction.