May 2nd 2011, 17:27:47
Of course Pakistan knew... lol. They are playing a double game and who can really blame them? The majority of their population hates the US. Also, the Pakistani terrorists concentrate on international terorism, rather than domestic terrorism, when the Pakistani authourities leave them alone. On the other hand, they rely massively on US aid and especially military aid, so they have to compramise this with appeasing Washington. Im sure the Pakistan leadership would love to eliminate terrorism from their country, but the cost in blood would be massive to them and they have to appear to their population to not be US slaves.
The aid sent to Pakistan is deeply unpopular and a lot of people will be questioning it after this apparently incident. It is much better to see the aid as a bribe. A bribe, which is keeping Pakistan in a ambiguous state. This is much more helpful than allowing them to turn their back. If this becomes the case then every jihadist in the world has a safe haven with complete immunity, instead of limited immunity. It would be a disaster that would likely lead to a war a million times more complicated than the Afghan war.
The aid sent to Pakistan is deeply unpopular and a lot of people will be questioning it after this apparently incident. It is much better to see the aid as a bribe. A bribe, which is keeping Pakistan in a ambiguous state. This is much more helpful than allowing them to turn their back. If this becomes the case then every jihadist in the world has a safe haven with complete immunity, instead of limited immunity. It would be a disaster that would likely lead to a war a million times more complicated than the Afghan war.