This is worth a read and a good counter point to a lot of what we're hearing in the media and from inside the Beltway - Ambassador Ryan Crocker in the Wall St. Journal: ...Still, short-term pressures risk undermining long-term strategy. When I was ambassador, voices in Congress, the media and even the administration were constantly calling for the U.S. to get tough on Pakistan, make Pakistanis do more, threaten them with consequences. Such exhortations were—and remain—generally counterproductive, as they fuel fears that the U.S. will again abandon Pakistan... Read the whole piece here. Obviously, while Pakistan may not be America's enemy, elements within the government probably are or are acting only in Pakistan's interests. Ambassador Crocker lays out the case why the Pakistanis view us with skepticism and how we can continue to not be enemies. Bottom-line: There can be no peace in Afghanistan without significant assistance from Pakistan.
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