Joe Biden and Bill Richardson have actual foreign policy experience.

When it comes to the crisis in Pakistan, The Chicago Tribune reminds us that we have a couple Democrats on the slate who have real foreign policy experience: Joe Biden and Bill Richardson.

Both Biden and Richardson are so far down in most polls that reporters - and hence bloggers, who rely on reporters to give us news to riff on - tend to ignore them.

But we shouldn’t. Says the Tribune:

Among other Democratic contenders, Biden has frequently chastised his rivals for paying too much attention to a potential nuclear program in Iran than to the problems of a destabilized Pakistan, which has nuclear weapons. He noted that in recent months he requested Musharraf provide “effective security” for Bhutto and others.

Richardson, a former ambassador to the United Nations and a frequent critic of Musharraf’s efforts to combat terrorism, said the Pakistani president “has failed and his attempts to cling to power are destabilizing his country. He must go.”

As a nation of immigrants, we should care more about foreign policy than we do. And we need to pay closer attention to those leaders of ours who actually have experience with what they’re talking about.