Will Pakistan revolt?

[a-new-machine.livejournal.com]

So, it seems Pakistan's potent opposition parties are unhappy with the conditions on American aid. Now they're talking about negotiating with the US over it. While I don't think it's likely, a defeat in Pakistan's parliament could spell overall defeat both for Obama's war efforts in Afghanistan, and peoples' willingness to put up with Afghanistan any longer. Is there a way to keep Pakistan happy and sovereign without adversely impacting our actual goals? I think we can all agree that money we spend there has to have a specific purpose if we're going to spend it all. Can we trust the government to fight the Taliban? Can we expect that, without US conditions on aid, they'll do so in a way that compliments our own efforts across the border?

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[the-rukh.livejournal.com]

Or maybe some other countries in the world need to pull their head out their ass and realize what they have to lose in Pakistan.

[a-new-machine.livejournal.com]

Which they will never do so long as the US is playing global cop. But unless the US plays global cop, we have no one there to watch out for our interests... Basically, a catch-22.