2 U.S. Airstrikes Offer a Concrete Sign of Obama's Pakistan Policy
Two remote U.S. missile strikes that killed at least 20 people at suspected terrorist hideouts in northwestern Pakistan yesterday offered the first tangible sign of President Obama's commitment to sustained military pressure on the terrorist groups there, even though Pakistanis broadly oppose such unilateral U.S. actions. Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins
Lets hope Pakistan can get a handle on its problems, before it does fall to the control of the Taliban. Should this regeon continue it's decay in stability, a nuclear confrontation will, I think, be more likely than at any time since the Cuban Missle Crissis and perhaps more than then as well. Perhaps Pakistan's leaders can drag this element of Islam into the 21st century.