Wednesday 28 September 2011

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- September 28, 2011




Breaking: Nobody Knows What To Do About Pakistan -- Spencer Ackerman, Danger Room

As chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen tried everything he could to rehab America's tenuous alliance with its frenemy, Pakistan. So when he testified last week that Pakistani intelligence sponsors the brutal Haqqani Network of Afghan insurgents, it represented two middle fingers raised at Islamabad. But the diplomatic furor that resulted has been all kabuki. Not a single aspect of the U.S.-Pakistani relationship will change.

You wouldn't know it from listening to Pakistani politicians. They've lined up to denounce their old friend Mullen. Pakistani generals have done everything but scramble their jets to demonstrate their outrage.

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