I wasted another evening Tuesday Oct 7, watching one of the
media events ignorant journalists insist on misrepresenting
as debates. The candidates repeated the same cliches they used
in their first debate.

Once again Sen. Barack Obama demonstrated that he is dangerously
ignorant in the area of foreign policy and the War on
Terror. Once again journalists ignored his mistake.

Obama. is apparently incapable of understanding the fact that sending
military forces into another country without permission is an
invasion. It doesn't matter why the troops enter the country, it
is still an act of war. The fact that Osama bin Laden might
be in Pakistan doesn't mean the U.S. can invade Pakistan without
fear of retaliation -- and Pakistan most definitely does have
nuclear weapons.

Obama doesn't understand the volatility of the situation in
Pakistan. The country has been on the brink of a civil war for
many years and its government could fall at any time. An American
invasion would force the government to declare war on the U.S. to try
to keep the country united. The first action in that war might be
a nuclear attack that would wipe out our forces in the Middle East.

Obama's obsession with bin Laden and Afghanistan indicates he doesn't
understand the War on Terror. This war isn't a traditional war
against an enemy with a geographic base.

Al Qaeda can function without bin Laden and might even benefit if
the United States killed or captured him. Others are available to
head al Qaeda if something happens to bin Laden.

Death at the hands of the U.S. would make bin Laden a martyr and
violent Muslims would rally to avenge his death. Capture
of bin Laden would provoke efforts to capture Americans any where in
the world in an attempt to obtain hostages to trade for him.

Al Qaeda doesn't have a fixed location that it has to
defend. If pushed out of one area, al Qaeda will move to
some other area with a large Muslim population. If the U.S.
leaves Iraq before the Iraqis are able to maintain
stability
in the country, al Qaeda will move in and use Iraq as a base.

It is no longer important whether or not Iraq should have become a
battleground in the War on Terror. The fact is that Iraq is a
battleground in the War on Terror and we cannot afford to turn that
battleground over to al Qaeda.