Pakistan's New Prime Minister Demands An End To U.S. Drone Strikes

Pakistan’s New Premier Calls For Drone Strike Halt -- New York Times

LONDON — Nawaz Sharif took office as Pakistan’s prime minister for an unparalleled third time on Wednesday, vowing to tackle the country’s crippling electricity crisis and issuing an urgent call for the end of American drone strikes on Pakistani soil.

“The chapter of daily drone attacks should stop,” a grave-faced Mr. Sharif told the packed lower house of Parliament, where he won a comfortable majority of votes to become prime minister. “We respect the sovereignty of other countries, but others should also respect our sovereignty.”

Those comments resonated with many Pakistanis who view the C.I.A. missile strikes as a troubling symbol of American aggression – even if they occasionally kill Pakistan’s own enemies, like the country’s deputy Taliban leader, Wali ur-Rehman, who died in an attack last week.

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Pakistan demands end to U.S. drone strikes -- for the ninth time -- Passport/Foreign Policy
Newly elected Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif puts U.S. drones in crosshairs -- Washington Times
Pakistan's new PM calls for an end to drone strikes -- France 24/AFP
Pakistan PM Sharif sworn in, calls for end to drone strikes -- Reuters
Pakistan's newly-elected prime minister calls for an end to U.S. drone strikes -- AP
Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif urges end to US drone strikes -- BBC
New Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif calls on US to halt drone strikes -- NBC
New Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif launches term on vow to stop U.S. drone strikes -- CBS
Pakistan PM Demands End To US Drone Strikes -- SKY News
Pakistan's PM calls for end to drone strikes -- Al Jazeera
Pakistan Really Doesn't Want to Be a U.S. Drone Target Anymore -- Commor Simpson, The Atlantic

Ex-Pakistani President Musharraf Admits To Negotiating A Secret Deal With The US On Drone Strikes

 

 Ex-Pakistani President Musharraf Admits Secret Deal With US On Drone Strikes -- CNN 

Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Ex-Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf acknowledged his government secretly signed off on U.S. drone strikes, the first time a top past or present Pakistani official has admitted publicly to such a deal.

 Pakistani leaders long have openly challenged the drone program and insisted they had no part in it. Musharraf's admission, though, suggests he and others did play some role, even if they didn't oversee the program or approve every attack.

 In an interview this week in Islamabad, Musharraf insisted Pakistan's government signed off on strikes "only on a few occasions, when a target was absolutely isolated and no chance of collateral damage."

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Pervez Musharraf admits permitting 'a few' US drone strikes in Pakistan -- The Guardian
Ex-president Musharraf admits approving CIA drone strikes -- Foreign Policy
Musharraf admits to deal with U.S. on drone strikes -- The Hindu
Pervez Musharraf admits Pakistan OK’d U.S. drone attacks -- Washington Times
Pakistan OKed Some Drone Strikes in Secret: Musharraf -- Newser
Musharraf admits secret Pak-US deal on drone attacks -- Khaama Press
Ex-Pakistani President Admits to Consenting to U.S. Drone Strikes -- Lawfare

My Comment: This 'secret' deal was never a well kept secret at all .... but what has always been unknown were the details .... i.e. who the U.S. can strike, and who they could not.

This is a developing news story that will be updated later today.

Why Is The U.S. Funding Higher Education For Pakistan When The Pentagon Is Cutting Tuition Assistance For American Troops?

Rep Blasts Higher Ed Aid To Pakistan, As Military Suspends US Tuition Assistance -- FOX News

Why is the U.S. funding higher education for its "Benedict Arnold ally" Pakistan when the Pentagon is cutting tuition assistance for American troops?

That's the question Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, asked as he prepared to introduce a bill Tuesday to give Pakistan aid the "sequester" treatment -- halting the money until U.S. tuition assistance is restored.

"Why are we funding education programs for our Benedict Arnold ally when we can't fund -- or don't fund -- the education for our military? And to Pakistan of all places, where hatred for America is at its highest. Washington should watch its spending and prioritize," Poe said on the floor Monday. "It's time, Mr. Speaker, to sequester Pakistan."

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My Comment: I am just a Canadian citizen who looks at the U.S. from afar ..... and while it is a given to me that the U.S. is incompetent and inept in it's foreign policy, I will admit that I am always shaking my head on how incredibly cruel the U.S. government can be in treating it's own citizens. This educational program (and other aid) to Pakistan is a total of waste of money .... helping U.S. troops who want to go to school .... now that is NOT a waste of money. Kudos to Rep. Ted Poe for stating the obvious.

Why The U.S.-Pakistani Alliance Isn't Worth The Trouble

Breaking Up Is Not Hard to Do -- Husain Haqqani, Foreign Policy

Why the U.S.-Pakistani Alliance Isn't Worth the Trouble.

Washington has not had an easy time managing the U.S.-Pakistani relationship, to put it mildly. For decades, the United States has sought to change Pakistan's strategic focus from competing with India and seeking more influence in Afghanistan to protecting its own internal stability and economic development. But even though Pakistan has continued to depend on U.S. military and economic support, it has not changed its behavior much. Each country accuses the other of being a terrible ally -- and perhaps both are right.

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My Comment: When they found Bin Laden only a mile away from Pakistan`s "West Point" .... and then having the doctor who assisted the CIA in finding him to a prison term of 30 years ... woke me up to where Pakistan`s loyalties lie. Bottom line .... Pakistan is not our ally, and in many cases they are our foe. Best to tone down the relationship .... especially when the last U.S. forces leave Afghanistan in 2014.

92% of Pakistanis Now Dislike America

Supporters of Awami Majlis-e-Amal Pakistan burn a U.S flag during anti-American rally in Quetta July 13, 2012. (Reuters/Naseer Ahmed)

Well, That Worked Out Well: 92% Of Pakistanis Now Dislike America -- Investors Business Daily

After four years of Barack Obama's diplomatic 'leadership' and billions of dollars in attempted friendship aid, a new public opinion poll reveals that 92% of Pakistanis now disapprove of the United States.

The results could have been worse. Not much. But a little. Fully four Pakistanis out of 100 do approve of the United States, President Obama and his policies. They, however, seem to keep kind of quiet about their views in that rowdy land. That's the lowest favorable rating Pakistan's citizens have ever given their ostensible North American ally.

The new Gallup Poll, out this morning, reports that the recent high point of Pakistani approval of the United States came in the spring of 2011 when 27% approved. But then public opinion went south on North America.

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My Comment: Only 92%?

Pentagon To Reimburse Pakistan $688 Million

In Sign of Normalization, Pentagon to Reimburse Pakistan $688 Million -- New York Times

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon quietly notified Congress this month that it would reimburse Pakistan nearly $700 million for the cost of stationing 140,000 troops on the border with Afghanistan, an effort to normalize support for the Pakistani military after nearly two years of crises and mutual retaliation.

The biggest proponent of putting foreign aid and military reimbursements to Pakistan on a steady footing is the man President Barack Obama is leaning toward naming as secretary of state: Senator John Kerry, Democrat of Massachusetts. Mr. Kerry, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has frequently served as an envoy to Pakistan, including after the killing of Osama bin Laden, and was a co-author of a law that authorized five years and about $7.5 billion of nonmilitary assistance to Pakistan.

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My Comment: Where is the outcry? So much for the U.S. commitment to free this hero.

is Pakistan Serious About Going After Taliban Safe Havens

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, left, walks with U.S. Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen, commander of the International Security Assistance Force, after landing at ISAF headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 12, 2012. DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo

U.S. Encouraged By Pakistan Efforts To Go After Terrorists -- CNN

Pakistan is taking steps to try to limit terrorist safe havens inside the lawless western part of that country where various insurgent groups operating in Afghanistan find sanctuary, according to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.

Speaking to reporters traveling with him overseas, Panetta said recent meetings between the United States and Pakistan yielded encouraging signs that Pakistan is working on the long-standing problem.

"My sense is that they're in a better place, that they understand their responsibility," Panetta said. "General Kiyani [Pakistan's military chief], in particular, has indicated a willingness to try to put more pressure on the safe havens," Panetta said.

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My Comment: Fool me once .... shame on you. Fool me twice .... shame on me. The fact is that Pakistan has been making these promises for years .... and then they never act on the groups that are causing the chaos and mayhem in Afghanistan. The metric that I am now using that will be proof to me that they are actually serious in following through with their promises is when they release this hero .... but my prediction is that they will not.

U.S. Foreign Aid Is Not Helping To Repair U.S. - Pakistan Relations

US Outspends Islamabad On Flood Relief In Pakistan -- Christian Science Monitor

But instead of helping repair US-Pakistan relations, the flood aid looks like it is feeding into old patterns of distrust between the two countries.

The US government has pledged more money toward this year's flood relief efforts in Pakistan than the country's own government, according to a report this month from the Congressional Research Service.

Floods have devastated swaths of the Pakistani countryside this year. And once again the US is contributing substantial funds, despite strained ties between the two governments and large anti-American street protests.

According to a little noticed detail in a report titled “Pakistan: US Foreign Assistance,” the country's central government has pledged $91 million toward flood relief, a third less than the $134.6 million promised by the US State Department and USAID as of the end of September 2012.

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My Comment: Considering the amount of money involved and the efforts of many .... not a good sign. On the flip side .... many still believe that U.S. foreign aid makes sense.

It Pays To Insult And Ignore U.S. Concerns

Pakistan Freed Of Anti-Terrorism Obligations; U.S. Billions Flow Instead -- McClatchy News

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has refused for the first time to declare that Pakistan is making progress toward ending alleged military support for Islamic militant groups or preventing al Qaida, the Afghan Taliban or other extremists from staging attacks in Afghanistan.

Even so, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has quietly informed Congress that she’s waived the legal restrictions that would have blocked some $2 billion in U.S. economic and military aid to Pakistan. Disbursing the funds, she said in an official notice, is “important to the national security interests of the United States.”

Clinton’s decision illustrates how far the administration apparently has determined that it must go, after a near-breakdown in relations, to ensure Pakistan’s cooperation in the uphill U.S. effort to prevent Afghanistan collapsing into all-out civil war when American-led international combat forces complete a withdraw by the end of 2014.

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Update: US winks again at Pakistani terror tactics -- The Hindu

My Comment: In the meantime the Pakistan doctor who helped the CIA find Bin Laden and who has repeatedly warned about Pakistan duplicity still remains in jail .... all but forgotten by Hillary Clinton and her ilk.

I need to throw up.

Anti-Drone Protest March In Pakistan

Pakistan's Imran Khan To Lead Anti-Drone Protest March -- BBC

Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan is to lead a march to the tribal areas this weekend to protest against US drone strikes.

The two-day march is due to start in Islamabad on Saturday and end with a rally in South Waziristan which has been a major focus of drone strikes.

However, it is not clear if authorities will allow the rally to take place.

Mr Khan, like many Pakistanis, says the attacks kill large numbers of civilians and foster support for militants.

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More News On Pakistan's Imran Khan To Lead Anti-Drone Protest March

American activists visit Pakistan to join anti-drone march as reports of Taliban threats loom -- Washington Post/AP
Imran Khan plans rally against CIA drone attacks in Pakistan tribal area -- Washington Post
PTI activists gear up for South Waziristan march -- The Nation
Pakistani Taliban TTP warns Imran Khan ahead of drones march -- The Guardian
Pakistani Taliban warn Imran Khan over 'peace march' into Waziristan -- The Independent
Taliban threaten to attack Imran’s anti-drone rally -- Times of India

One More Reason To Stop Military Aid To Pakistan

Case For Pakistan Aid Gets More Complicated After Zardari's Remarks -- The Hill

Even lawmakers who support engaging with Pakistan were left shaking their heads this week after that country’s leader demanded that the United Nations make blasphemy illegal.

The disconnect between how the U.S. and Pakistan view the world won on full display in speeches by the two countries leaders, and it wasn’t lost on U.S. lawmakers who have long called for defunding aid to Pakistan.

As a result, it could become tougher for the administration to justify support for the strategically vital country.

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My Comment: How the U.S. State department can continue to make the case that we should provide aid to Pakistan while at the same time Pakistan is demanding that the U.S. adopt blasphemy laws is completely beyond me.

Did You Get My Fax?

Reuters

CIA Sends ISI Monthly Faxes About Drone Attacks: WSJ -- DAWN

About once a month the Central Intelligence Agency sends a fax to a general at Pakistan’s intelligence service outlining broad areas where the US intends to conduct strikes with drone aircraft, according to US officials.

The Pakistanis, who in public oppose the program, don’t respond.

This was stated in a report published by the Wall Street Journal.

The fax would not mention any specific target but outline the boundaries of the airspace the drones would use—large areas along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border referred to as flight “boxes” because they are shaped like three-dimensional rectangles in the sky, the report stated.

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More News On The CIA Sending Sending Monthly Faxes To Pakistan's ISI On Drone Attacks

U.S. Believes It Has Pakistan's 'Tacit Consent' For Drone Strikes, 'WSJ' Reports -- NPR
U.S. Unease Over Drone Strikes -- Wall Street Journal
CIA sends monthly fax to ISI outlining drone attack plans -- International News
US Assumes Pakistan Gives ‘Tacit Consent’ for Drone Strikes -- Antiwar.com

Anti-U.S. Riots Sweep Pakistan

At Least 18 Dead In Pakistan Anti-American Rioting Friday -- L.A. Times

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Fiery anti-U.S. demonstrations swept through Pakistan's capital and several other cities Friday as thousands of people furious over an anti-Islam film privately produced in America clashed with police in one of the worst waves of violence to hit the nation in recent years. In Islamabad, protesters turned the city’s tree-lined boulevards and avenues into a battle zone as they toppled freight containers set up as barriers and pelted riot police with rocks while unsuccessfully trying to storm a heavily guarded enclave housing the U.S. embassy and other diplomatic missions. Across the country, at least 18 people were killed in the violence and more than 100 more injured.

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More News On Today's Anti_U.S. Riots In Pakistan

Deadly Violence Breaks Out in Pakistan as Public Holiday Begins -- New York Times
Death toll rises in Pakistan video protests -- Al Jazeera
Death Toll Rises in Pakistan Protests -- Wall Street Journal
Pakistani officials say 16 people killed in protests against anti-Islam film, 12 in Karachi -- Washington Post/AP
Sweeping Pakistan: Wave of violent protests fueled by anti-Islam film -- Christian Science Monitor
Thirteen killed in Pakistan protests against anti-Islam film -- The Telegraph
More than dozen killed in Pakistan protests over anti-Islam video -- CBS/AP
13 killed, 195 hurt in Pakistan anit-Islam film protests: officials -- Hindustan Times/AFP
Pakistan film protests: Ten die in Karachi and Peshawar -- BBC
Protests Erupt Across Pakistan Over Video -- Voice of America
Pakistan 'Day of Love' protests over anti-Islam film descend into deadly violence -- NBC
Pakistan Protests Over Islam Film Target U.S. Missions -- Bloomberg
Protesters march towards US consulates in Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar -- The International News

My Comment: These are government sanctioned protests ....and not surprisingly they have gotten out of hand.

Bin Laden Raid Doctor Shakil Afridi Speaks Out From A Pakistani Jail

Imprisoned: Pakistani doctor Shakil Afridi talks with people outside a building at an unknown location, prior to his arrest

'The Americans Are Our Worst Enemies': Doctor Who Helped Lead U.S. To Bin Laden Says Pakistan Spy Agency Lists America As Greatest Foes And 'Maintains Relations Just To Extract Billions In Aid' -- Daily Mail

* Dr Shakil Afridi says Pakistan's ISI intelligence agency calls the U.S. it's worst enemy
* He was sentenced to 33 years in prison in June
* Dr Afridi helped the U.S. by setting up a fake vaccination programme that allowed him to collect DNA from bin Laden's children
* Pakistan suffered a black eye when it was revealed that bin Laden had been in their midst for years

The jailed Pakistani doctor who helped led the U.S. to Osama Bin Laden's hideout has revealed that Pakistan’s spy agency considers America its worst enemy.

Dr Shakil Afridi was sentenced to 33 years in prison in June after a Pakistani court found him guilty of treason for conspiring against Pakistan.

The physician said he has been subjected to torture and harsh questioning since his arrest days after Bin Laden’s death in May 2011 as he tried to flee Pakistan.

And he also claimed that he did not know that the information he provided to the CIA had led to the assassination of the reclusive Al Qaeda leader.

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More News On Dr Shakil Afridi

EXCLUSIVE: Jailed doc who helped nail Bin Laden warns Pakistan sees U.S. as 'worst enemy' -- FOX News
Bin Laden raid doctor Shakil Afridi speaks out -- BBC
Osama bin Laden doctor 'never knew who target was' -- The Telegraph
Dr Shakil Afridi claims ISI regards US as 'worst enemy' -- Express Tribune
Afridi says he was punished by ISI for supporting US -- DAWN
For ISI, US is a BIGGER enemy than India: Dr Afridi -- Rediff
Doctor: Pakistan calls U.S. 'worst enemy' -- UPI
US concern over Pakistan 'CIA doctor' torture claims -- AFP
Pakistani Doctor Who Helped on Bin Laden Raid Describes 'Brutal' Torture -- The Atlantic
Sen. Paul vows to press vote on Pakistan aid cutoff after jailed doc speaks out -- FOX News
US Senator Rand Paul seeks no aid to Pakistan till release of Shakil Afridi -- Economic Times

Pakistan Is Not A U.S. Ally

US-Pakistan Tensions: Time To Stop Pretending We Are Allies? -- Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor

Pakistan's former ambassador to the US suggests that American attempts to steer Pakistani policy with billions of dollars are only delaying a needed divorce and reset of relations.

Barack Obama says Pakistan is the country that most often keeps him awake at night. Husain Haqqani says he has the answer to the president’s insomnia.

The former Pakistani ambassador to Washington says the two countries should face the fact that their goals and priorities are not going to converge any time soon, and so should drop their stormy partnership to forge a “post-alliance future” based on reality over expectations and each country’s self-interest.

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My Comment: I have essentially been saying the same thing in this blog for the past few years. Fortunately .... US policy is slowly shifting .... a shift that accelerated when Bin Laden was found near a Pakistani military base, followed by the awareness among many in the U.S. that Pakistan is now siding with certain Afghan Taliban groups by providing them safe havens and the means to conduct military operations against Afghan and U.S. forces ... in short positioning their allies for the day when U.S. forces finally leave.
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U.S. Drone Attacks In Pakistan Are Stopping The Militants

How Drones Changed The Game In Pakistan -- Hussain Nadim, National Interest

Regardless of what the news agencies in Pakistan claim about the negative effects of drone strikes, the weapon is proving to be a game changer for the U.S. war on terrorism. And surprisingly, the Pakistani Army quietly admits to this fact. Just the way Stinger missiles shifted the balance of power in favor of the United States in the 1980s, drones are producing the same results.

The critics of unmanned strikes, who claim that drones are contributing to growing radicalization in Pakistan, haven’t looked around enough—or they would realize that much of the radicalization already was established by the Taliban in the 1990s. The real tragedy is that it is acceptable for the Taliban to radicalize and kill, but it is considered a breach of sovereignty for the United States, in pursuit of those radicalizing Pakistan’s people, to do the same.

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My Comment: Drones are effective for the simple reason that they have made the Taliban's safe havens in Pakistan no longer safe. This has had a profound psychological impact on the battlefield, as well as unleashing a devastating missile impact should the militants choose to ignore them.

Pakistan's New Spy Chief Visits Washington

ISI chief Zaheer-ul-Islam has traveled to the US for talks with CIA Director Gen David Petraeus. PHOTO: FILE

Pakistan's ISI Chief Visits The US For Talks -- Deutsche Welle

The chief of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence has begun his first official US tour today, but does he have an offer for the US vis-à-vis the militant Haqqani network? Pakistan experts don't expect much on this.

It is the first time in about a year that the head of Pakistan's powerful spy agency, the ISI, is visiting the US.

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More News On The Heads Of The CIA And Pakistan's ISI Meeting In Washington For Talks

Pakistan’s New Spy Chief Visits Washington at a Time of Frayed Relations -- New York Times
Pakistan ISI chief Zaheerul Islam makes US visit -- BBC
ISI chief arrives in US to hold talks with Petraeus -- Hindustan Times
ISI chief lands in Washington, talks on drone attacks expected -- Express Tribune
Pakistan, U.S. intelligence chiefs to hold crucial talks in Washington -- Xinhuanet
Washington rendezvous: ISI chief to push for end to drone strike, says Malik -- Express Tribune/Reuters

Pakistan Wants To Be Paid

Pakistan Sends US Taxpayers A Bill For War On Terror -- PJ Media

One of the immediate consequences of Hillary Clinton’s apology to Pakistan earlier this month for a Afghanistan/Pakistan border incident (in which Pakistani troops fired on coalition forces, prompting a deadly retalitory response) is that it has re-opened the U.S. taxpayer spigot for Pakistan.

The Pakistani Express Tribune reported late last week:

Now that ties between Pakistan and US are fast thawing, Islamabad has sent the first Coalition Support Fund (CSF) bills to Washington since the US Navy SEALs raid to hunt down Osama bin Laden in May last year.

The Joint Staff headquarters has sent fresh CSF claims to Pentagon, a senior official from the finance ministry told The Express Tribune. Neither the ministry nor the US Embassy in Pakistan disclosed the exact amount of the claims, but it is said to be between $500 and $600 million.

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My Comment: When the U.S. and NATO reached an agreement with Pakistan to resume supply shipments .... many of the details were left unanswered. It appears that some of these details are becoming known right now. What's may take .... if these reports are true .... I am gritting my teeth.

Pakistan Wants CIA Drone Intel On Suspected Terrorists On Pakistani Soil

Pakistan Spy Agency Chief To Tell CIA: End Drone Strikes; ID Targets For Us To Attack -- CIA

Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- The new chief of Pakistan's spy agency will urge the United States to end drone strikes on Pakistani soil and identify targets that the country's security forces can then attack, a senior intelligence official said.

Lt. Gen. Zahirul Islam will deliver the message during a meeting with the head of the CIA on August 2, said the Pakistani intelligence official, who did not want to be named because he is not authorized to speak to the media.

"You (the U.S.) develop a target and let us hit it," Islam will tell CIA Director David Petraeus, the official said. "It would be ideal if the U.S. provides drone technology to Pakistan."

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My Comment: We have gone down this road before .... and when the U.S. complied with Pakistan's requests the end result was always the Pakistani spy agency warning their militant allies that they were being targeted by CIA hit squads. I suspect that this new Pakistani spy chief will be given the benefit of the doubt .... and the U.S. will provide him some intelligence. But I expect the same results and outcomes.

If Pakistan is serious in improving relations, they should release this hero .... but I am not holding my breath.

The Latest U.S.-Pakistan Deal

The Latest U.S.-Pakistan Deal -- Wall Street Journal

Islamabad backs down as its anti-Americanism exacts a diplomatic price.

Pakistan is spinning the deal with the U.S. to reopen NATO supply routes to Afghanistan as a triumph of its diplomacy. But it was Islamabad that climbed down from its extortionate demands and accepted the status quo ante. That's a big change from previous situations when it was able to extort more aid out of Washington.

The deal ended a seven month-long diplomatic standoff that began with a NATO incident on the Af-Pak border in November and led to the closing of land routes through Pakistan. Islamabad sought a full apology from the U.S. for provoking the firefight in which 24 Pakistani troops died. But Washington says the Pakistanis opened fire first in the border clash, and even now it offers a carefully worded statement that it's "sorry for the losses."

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My Comment: I concur with this analysis. Pakistan changed its stance when the following happened: (1) Russia agreed to act as a transit station for NATO forces and equipment to Afghanistan. (2) U.S. opening doors with India. (3) Cutting and/or holding back aid to Pakistan. (4) Other powers .... most notably China .... reacted coolly when Pakistan tried to use them as an alternative to the U.S.

But I must also concede that all of this "good-will" can quickly evaporate when the next crisis occurs .... and trust me .... the next crisis will occur.