Obama and Afghanistan

Meanwhile, and on Pakistani soil and under the very noses of its army and the ISI, the city of Quetta and the so-called Federally Administered Tribal Areas are becoming the incubating ground of a reorganized and protected al-Qaida. Sen. Barack Obama has, if anything, been the more militant of the two presidential candidates in stressing the danger here and the need to act without too much sentiment about our so-called Islamabad ally. He began using this rhetoric when it was much simpler to counterpose the "good" war in Afghanistan with the "bad" one in Iraq. Never mind that now; he is committed in advance to a serious projection of American power into the heartland of our deadliest enemy. And that, I think, is another reason why so many people are reluctant to employ truthful descriptions for the emerging Afghan-Pakistan confrontation: American liberals can't quite face the fact that if their man does win in November, and if he has meant a single serious word he's ever said, it means more war, and more bitter and protracted war at that—not less.  Read Article Here.

This article thoroughly explains the Pakistan problem.  The problem being they are an unstable, corrupt, dangerous nation, that has nuclear weapons, wants to wipe India off the map and supports terrorism.  This is clearly an over simplification on my part, but I haven't heard to many positive things said about Pakistan.  This might be due to the fact the West is currently in love with India or it might be due to the fact that it supports, or at least doesn't stop, Al-Queda.