This comes from the Associated Press:

The government of embattled Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf said Thursday it may impose a state of emergency because of “external and internal threats” and deteriorating law and order in the volatile northwest near the Afghan border.

Tariq Azim, minister of state for information, said some sentiment coming from the United States, including from Democratic presidential hopeful Barak Obama, over the possibility of U.S. military action against al-Qaida in Pakistan “has started alarm bells ringing and has upset the Pakistani public.”

Now the article is quick to point out:

But it appeared the motivation for a declaration of an emergency would be the domestic political woes of Musharraf, a key U.S. ally in the war on terrorism who took power in a 1999 coup.

His popularity has dwindled and his standing has been badly shaken by a failed bid to oust the country’s chief justice _ an independent-minded judge likely to rule on expected legal challenges to the Musharraf’s bid to seek a new five-year presidential term this fall.

It is an important reminder to Senator Barack Obama and all the candidates this political season that whatever America does and whatever American leaders say can quickly be turned around into the kind of “propaganda” Hillary Clinton warned about during a debate when she said she wouldn’t promise any meetings with combative world leaders.

I am sure all of the campaigns including Obama’s will be quick to spin this.