This is a great article and it makes the obvious. Pakistan’s army still views India as the main enemy, not the Taliban. The Taliban is taking advantage of this.
Besieged by the Taliban, but thinking only of India
Today, Pakistan’s President drops in on America’s. There will be forced smiles and fine gifts, but stern words must also be exchanged.
Pakistan’s Asif Ali Zardari seems more interested in demonizing India than in defeating the Taliban. Barack Obama can’t afford to humour such misplaced priorities. How difficult will it be for him to extract serious change out of his Pakistani peer, fair-weather ally and duly elected, deeply compromised pain in the neck? I got a taste of the odds stacked against meaningful change myself when I confronted Pakistan’s former president, Pervez Musharraf, at a recent gathering.
Pakistan is a lost cause and I don’t want anymore of our tax dollars going there. Let India deal with them.
