Although Mr Holbrooke said it could be beneficial to have simultaneous offensives -- the US Marines on the Afghan side and the Pakistani army in Fata -- the greater concern is unfinished business elsewhere. ‘Why would I push them to start an offensive when they have two million people they have to protect first?’ the US envoy said. Full Story »
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Good for perspective, but this lacks some depth and I didn't get any information here that wasn't reported elsewhere.
Basically a re-write of a WaPo piece. Nonetheless, good contrasting between two reported 'official' stances.
The Pakistani perspective on the Washington Post piece linked below. Doesn't really break new ground beyond what the Post covered, but it is interesting to see how the story is spun in Pakistan.
There's some kind of lack of evidence to back the story. A few tid-bits here and there cannot really build the case about what the title claims.
Too many contradictory claims in the story and it's hard to really assess or weigh-in what's really going on.
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