* Obama vows “partnership with Pakistan” to resolve Afghan challenges
*Â Taliban closing in on Kabul
* MSA:Â Â Barack Obama is an “idiot”
Pakistan smoke & mirror links:
Shocka:
* $10 billion in military aid provided to Pakistan as ‘reimbursements’ for its efforts to root out militant groups has largely been wasted”Â
* Sometimes you wish Condi was an air force drone
* The revolving doors of the Islamic prisons:
“We’ve seen before how Pakistan will arrest some militants, keep them for a couple of months and then release them when the world’s not paying attention,” said B. Raman, a former head of the Pakistan desk at the Research and Analysis Wing (India’s MI6).
Obama to offer “carrots and sticks” to Iran
But probably mostly carrots. “Obama vows tough diplomacy with Iran,” from AFP, December 7 (thanks to Weasel Zippers) via JW
(Nothing they haven’t tried before…)











