Pakistani soldiers target militant positions in the tribal region, an increasing threat to the country's new and fragile democracy. Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/APPakistan Identified As Biggest Foreign Policy Test -- The Guardian
Washington's newly appointed special envoy is due to arrive in Islamabad today, as Barack Obama's administration tackles what may turn out to be its greatest foreign policy challenge: a nuclear-armed country hurtling towards chaos.
According to Obama's aides, Pakistan is the nation that really "scares" him. The country is threatened by a growing Islamist insurgency, economic collapse and a crisis of governance as it struggles to establish democratic rule. The Obama administration believes Pakistan is key to its objectives of pacifying Afghanistan and going after al-Qaida and has appointed a pugnacious diplomatic troubleshooter, Richard Holbrooke, as a special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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My Comment: One foreign policy test of many. The key is to make sure that these "tests" do not get out of hand.
It makes you wonder how President Bush was able to keep it under wraps for so long.
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