US shrugs off Pakistan-Taliban links
When the US Congress last month approved US$6 billion in aid to Pakistan, there was no mention of evidence linking Pakistani army chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kiani to a major military assistance program for Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan and Kashmir Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins - via Asia Times
What exactly is the amount of influence senator John Kerry and Mr Luger possess in the formulation of U.S. foreign policy? What are the interests both politicians stand for? I suppose they consider themselves "major players" in foreign policy, still their political mandate or who backs them is rarely mentioned.