Obama Defends Foreign Policy Comments« Thread Started on Aug 6, 2007, 9:45am » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Obama Defends Foreign Policy CommentsBy KATHLEEN HENNESSEYThe Associated PressSunday, August 5, 2007; 11:51 PMread at source> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 4.htmlELKO, Nev. -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Sunday stood by foreign policy comments that sparked an anti-U.S. protest in Pakistan and attacks from his opponents, telling an audience in rural Nevada, "There was no mistake there.""I made a simple proposition that I'd like anybody here to challenge me on," Obama said of his Wednesday speech in which he said that he would use military force in Pakistan, a U.S. ally, if necessary to root out terrorists.