The Downward Spiral In U.S. - Pakistan Relations Continues

U.S. Prepares For A Curtailed Relationship With Pakistan -- New York Times

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — With the United States facing the reality that its broad security partnership with Pakistan is over, American officials are seeking to salvage a more limited counterterrorism alliance that they acknowledge will complicate their ability to launch attacks against extremists and move supplies into Afghanistan.

The United States will be forced to restrict drone strikes, limit the number of its spies and soldiers on the ground and spend more to transport supplies through Pakistan to allied troops in Afghanistan, American and Pakistani officials said. United States aid to Pakistan will also be reduced sharply, they said.

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More News On The Changing U.S. - Pakistan Relationship

US cannot rely on Pakistan for counterterrorism operations -- Threat Matrix
Bond with Pakistan 'damaged' -- Courier Mail/AFP
Pakistan tensions 'limit' US role in the war on terror -- The Australian/AFP
US to have limited relationship with Pak: Report -- IBN Live
Year In Review: War On Terror Shifts To Pakistan -- Radio Free Europe
US Acknowledges Irreparable Rupture in Pakistan Relationship -- FDL
Pakistan's faultlines -- Mohammed Hanif, The Guardian

My Comment: What is my take .... the discovery of Bin Laden living in a military garrison town destroyed the trust between the US intelligence community and Pakistan`s ISI and military. Coupled this with militants vacating premises right after the Pakistanis were alerted by US intelligence officials on their locations, nuclear proliferation, open support of Islamic extremist groups, anti-Western media/political coverage, the botched US helicopter raid that killed 26 Pak soldiers who were firing on US positions in Afghanistan .... all of this has became the "fait accompli" in curtailing (if not ending) further cooperation and assistance. After years of aid and acceptance of Pakistani excuses and reasoning .... the U.S. has said enough, and the Pakistanis (in turn) are now upset with the realization that this gravy train is about to end and that they must now face their militant groups (that they created) alone.