Sunday, November 27, 2011

Pakistan: Big US Mess

America’s Pakistan Mess Gets Worse With Alleged NATO Strike
Pakistan is retaliating against a weekend NATO strike that is said to have killed 24 of its soldiers by kicking the U.S. out of a strategic air base. The Shamsi site is a key launchpad for American drone strikes, and Pakistan has given troops just 15 days to get out. Islamabad has also cut off vital supply routes to U.S. troops in Afghanistan. The Daily Beast’s Bruce Riedel, a former CIA officer, on how the latest crisis fits into a decades-long pattern of deceit and mistrust between America and Pakistan—and why Obama must continue to engage anyway.

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