Secretary of State Rice distanced herself from Sen. Obama by assuring Pakistan that the U.S. would not act unilaterally to capture senior members of Al Qaeda.

Key quote from Rice: "We have a cooperative arrangement with Pakistan; Pakistan is an ally in the war on terror. The idea that somehow we have a greater interest in the capture and kill of high-value targets who are threatening Pakistan itself, as was shown by the extremist who brought about all that trouble at the Red Mosque, who are bringing about trouble in the frontier areas, I think is just not right."

Unfortunately there has been little or no focus on the need for democracy to be restored to Pakistan as a way to limit the growth of radicalism in society.