Drones Alone Are Not the Answer -- Dennis C. Blair, New York Times
OVER the past two years, America has narrowed its goals in Afghanistan and Pakistan to a single-minded focus on eliminating Al Qaeda. Public support for a counterinsurgency campaign in Afghanistan has waned. American officials dealing with Pakistan now spend most of their time haggling over our military and intelligence activities, when they should instead be pursuing the sort of comprehensive social, diplomatic and economic reforms that Pakistan desperately needs and that would advance America’s long-term interests.
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My Comment: Dennis Blair makes the case that we should work closely with Pakistan to eliminate these extremist cells .... unfortunately .... dangerous groups like the Haqqani Network are protected by Pakistan, and they have made it very clear they will not support the targeting of this group.
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