Now, be fair, BB. I don't think Obama was talking about bombing an allied power (Pakistan). That would entail bombing Karachi, Islamabad, Lahore, other major centres, basic infrastructure, and military bases. Just like was done in Iraq.

Do you think for one moment that Obama ever suggested doing that?

I don't.

I think he suggested bombing secret Al-Queda staging areas out in the countryside, not installations belonging to the government of Pakistan.

Okay? Agreed?

To bomb Al-queda staging areas would not constitute an attack on an allied power. It would constitute bombing a few clandestine enemy forces in hiding somewhere in the countryside of an Allied power...far from any of that Allied power's cities, bases, or major infrastructure.

Yet Obama is being depicted as if he wants to attack "Pakistan". This is disingenous in the extreme, and probably a deliberate and entirely cynical misinterpretation by whoever decided to go after Obama in the first place.