I ett tal om nationell säkerhet den 1 augusti 2007 sa Obama att:
”I understand that President Musharraf has his own challenges. But let me make this clear. There are terrorists holed up in those mountains who murdered 3,000 Americans. They are plotting to strike again. It was a terrible mistake to fail to act when we had a chance to take out an al Qaeda leadership meeting in 2005. If we have actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets and President Musharraf won’t act, we will.”
Någon svarade syrligt:
”[Obama] went from going to sit down to tea with our enemies, but then he’s going to bomb our allies. I mean, he’s gone from Jane Fonda to Dr. Strangelove in one week.
Vet du vem som sa detta?
Det var MittRomney som sa detta under en republikansk presidentvalsdebatt som hölls några dagar senare den 6 augusti 2007. Romney höll dock med om att man skulle gå in i en sådan situation. Kritiken handlade mer om att det talades öppet om att gå in utan President Musharrafs tillstånd.