Problems with Pakistan escalate...

Pakistan has decided to scrap all existing anti-terror cooperation agreements with the United States in a development that may not only take the uneasy alliance between the two countries to the point of no return but also impede world efforts at bringing sustainable peace in Afghanistan.

Read more: http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2011/12/05/u-s-pakistani-relations-continue-tailspin/#ixzz1fhiXTmTN

Man, this can't be good...

U.S. Chopper Strike Kills 25 Pakistani Troops

Wow, ain't this something...

Pakistan is lobbying Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai to dump the U.S. a long-term strategic partner and "look to Pakistan -- and its Chinese ally -- for help in striking a peace deal with the Taliban." In an April 16 meeting, Pakistan leaders told Karzai that "Americans had failed them both" and that he "should forget about allowing a long-term U.S. military presence in his country."

From "The Progress Report, 4/27/2011"

On the war front

I wonder if THIS will turn into something.

From the MoJoblog...

Yesterday we told you that Pakistani officials came to Washington to demand that the US put the kibosh on its covert activities in their country, and suspend all drone strikes along its border with Afghanistan.

The US' response: today, drones fired four missiles into Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal region, killing six militants belonging to the pro-Taliban Haqqani group. It was the first strike since an attack on March 17 that killed 38 suspected militants.

How does Pakistan feel about America's latest drone strike? A top Pakistani official said this to CNN: "What is this? A message (from the Americans) that it's business as usual, irrespective of what we ask of you? If it is, it's a crude way of getting your message across," he said.

For the United States, literally firing back at the call for curtailing its operations is an unmistakably aggressive move. And it seems to indicate that it's is tired of playing games with Pakistan.

Scary Pakistan

Mother Jones reports on an interview with David Kilcullen, an Australian military advisor...

Pakistan is 173 million people, 100 nuclear weapons, an army bigger than the U.S. Army, and al-Qaeda headquarters sitting right there in the two-thirds of the country that the government doesn't control. The Pakistani military and police and intelligence service don't follow the civilian government; they are essentially a rogue state within a state. We're now reaching the point where within one to six months we could see the collapse of the Pakistani state, also because of the global financial crisis, which just exacerbates all these problems. . . . The collapse of Pakistan, al-Qaeda acquiring nuclear weapons, an extremist takeover -- that would dwarf everything we've seen in the war on terror today.

I Don't Know - Is This Funny?

I was Depressed...

I was depressed last night so I called Lifeline.

Got a call center in Pakistan.

I told them I was suicidal.

They got all excited and asked if I could drive a truck.