With Friends Like This, Who Needs Enemies: A Commentary On Pakistan

With An Ally Like Pakistan, Who Needs Enemies? -- L.A. Times

Remember when Pakistan was our ally?

Neither do I.

But on Thursday, The Times' David S. Cloud, Ken Dilanian and Alex Rodriguez outlined just how lousy an ally that nation has become. (Warning: The following may be upsetting to you if you are an American taxpayer.)

Pakistan's powerful intelligence agency communicated with Afghan insurgents who attacked the U.S. Embassy and NATO headquarters in central Kabul last week and appear to have provided them with equipment, according to U.S. military officers and former officials.

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My Comment: Dexter Filkins at the New Yorker also chimes in with some scathing observations on our South-east Asian ally.