| NJ5 said: @Kasz216: Yeah, it's sad that neither of the candidates was against that... |
Actually McCain was against bombings in Pakistan without government support.
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In a victory speech on Tuesday night after his win in the Wisconsin Republican primary over Mike Huckabee, McCain described his presumed rival’s pitch as an “eloquent but empty call for change” and taunted Obama as “an inexperienced candidate who once suggested bombing our ally, Pakistan.”
In a conference call with reporters early Wednesday, Obama foreign policy adviser Susan Rice accused McCain of “misrepresenting and distorting” Obama’s positions on Pakistan.
She said Obama laid out a lengthy Pakistan policy last summer in a speech at the Woodrow Wilson Institute where, responding to National Intelligence Estimate reports that Al Qaeda had re-constituted its forces in Pakistan, Obama called for air strikes against Al Qaeda targets if the United States had clear-cut intelligence.
McCain responded that Obama “suggested bombing Pakistan without their permission. That is still bombing Pakistan.” "
