The recent spate of captures of Taliban leaders by the Pakistanis has our friends in the JM quite enthused and I understand why. These have been big fish and the the loss to the Taliban is considerable. Plus it certainly reflects well on President Obama and his counterterrorism policy. Where they got a little too tipsy is in whether this reflects an actual change in Pakistan's support for the Taliban v. their alliance with us against them. I think not so fast.
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Feb 19 2010, 01:13 AM
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