is Pakistan Serious About Going After Taliban Safe Havens

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, left, walks with U.S. Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen, commander of the International Security Assistance Force, after landing at ISAF headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 12, 2012. DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo

U.S. Encouraged By Pakistan Efforts To Go After Terrorists -- CNN

Pakistan is taking steps to try to limit terrorist safe havens inside the lawless western part of that country where various insurgent groups operating in Afghanistan find sanctuary, according to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.

Speaking to reporters traveling with him overseas, Panetta said recent meetings between the United States and Pakistan yielded encouraging signs that Pakistan is working on the long-standing problem.

"My sense is that they're in a better place, that they understand their responsibility," Panetta said. "General Kiyani [Pakistan's military chief], in particular, has indicated a willingness to try to put more pressure on the safe havens," Panetta said.

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My Comment: Fool me once .... shame on you. Fool me twice .... shame on me. The fact is that Pakistan has been making these promises for years .... and then they never act on the groups that are causing the chaos and mayhem in Afghanistan. The metric that I am now using that will be proof to me that they are actually serious in following through with their promises is when they release this hero .... but my prediction is that they will not.