"The Divorce" - Why The U.S.-Pakistan Marriage Of Convenience Is Over -- Fredric Bobin, LE MONDE/Worldcrunch
Analysis: The 10-year alliance between the US and Pakistan has always been shaky. But a year of bitter disputes have put the final nail in their partnership, leaving Pakistan to set out in search of new "friends," including age-old rival India.
ISLAMABAD - We shouldn’t be afraid of the word “divorce”: the U.S.-Pakistan relationship is over. The two countries, allied in the war on terror for a decade after the Sep. 11 attacks, are now rethinking their relationship after a year of endless disputes. Their new relationship isn’t antagonistic. But it's no longer an alliance, a term used to describe that special friendship where countries unite their security interests.
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