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http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2008/09/2008967658362588.html


Whether this is a short term public relations action designed to pacify the Pakistani people or the beginning of further estrangement between the US and Pakistan we do not know. At this point Pakistan would not want its troops to confront US troops. Nor is that necessary since the local tribes appear to be doing that successfully. Also the US incursion results from military confrontations and what's needed is to deescalate, not increase confrontation.

I have seen nothing in the US press.

The excuse that it's too dangerous to supply fuel to NATO at this time allows our ally to remain our ally while acting in opposition to us. This does illuminate a relationship that was not previously transparent.

I have said that in Iraq the Shia are in a position to cut our supply lines at any time. This is not Iraq, but the principle is the same. Our positions around the world are very extended and vulnerable when looked at through less conventional glasses.
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