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Barack Obama has finally stunned us with his wisdom. At a time when Obama was continously coming under criticism for lack of foreign policy credentials perhaps he couldn’t play a better card. By choosing Senator Joe Biden as his running mate he has countered all such allegations. If you don’t remember any consider Bush’s these remarks made during an interview to the Fox News: “I certainly don’t know what he (Obama) believes in. The only foreign policy thing I remember he said was he’s going to attack Pakistan and embrace Ahmadinejad.” So now that such objections are nothing but a waste of time. Not only Joe have 30 years of Senate experience but he is the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Policy Committee. Add to it the fact that he is something of a Pakistan expert. His contributions to our democracy during the 2007 martial law and the Feb 2008 elections here is not hidden from anyone. This is the most wonderful thing that could have happened to Pakistani democratic future. Obama unfortunately in Pakistan was being viewed as a hostile candidate. The religious class here had confused the Obama’s readiness to strike inside Pakistan’s tribal areas with a statement attributed to a republican candidate that the US should have attacked the Islamic sacred places in Makkah and Medina. Indeed Umme Hassan, the wife of the Red Mosque was defaming the Illiinois Senator on this alleged charge. Since we know that Obama is a huge believer in reconciliation between the faiths such propaganda is most unjust. This reflects simultaneously on the baseless conspiracy theories and pseudo-science of the religious class here and also Obama campaign’s failure in the past to impact the Pakistanis through a benign outlook. With a friend of Pakistan as his running mate this would sort out such baseless suspicions. To know about Biden’s views on Pakistan please read his following two blog posts at Huffington:
We Need a Pakistan Policy
A New Approach to Pakistan
I also have a complaint about the McCain campaign. Unfortunately some of the Republican neo-cons are dubbing Obama as an AntiChrist. This is very sad. There was a rather disappointing TV ad aired recently too. Since I respect McCain a lot I must submit that he should stay away from the reductionist worldview of the NeoCons and fight back with an equally excellent candidate. I believe among the Republicans there is no one better than General Colin Powell.