freespirit wrote:

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Those conditions seem perfectly reasonable. I'm not holding my breath, however.

Good to see you, Sanders. Thanks for posting this.

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freespirit, Thank you.

We better start holding Pakistan's feet to the fire to get Taliban in line. Pakistan has their eyes off the ball.... and they are more focused on usurping Kashmir from India than handling the brew in their own backyard.  Most of Pakistan army is loitering on the fake borderlines inching into India in Kashmir.

So, here is an article that is quite interesting in this context.

Clinton warns Pakistan of 'consequences' over extremism (BBC News 5/8/10)

Mrs Clinton praised the recent killing and capturing of militants in Pakistan

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has warned Pakistan of unspecified "severe consequences" if it can be linked to a successful extremist attack on the US.

She told CBS while Pakistan had become more helpful in tackling extremists, co-operation could still be improved.

A Pakistani-born US citizen has been charged with the attempted bombing in Times Square in New York a week ago.

Earlier, Defence Secretary Robert Gates said the US was prepared to increase military assistance to Pakistan.

"We're willing to do as much... as they are willing to accept," he told reporters. "We are prepared to do training, and exercise with them. How big that operation becomes is really up to them."

But he played down the chances of an extended crackdown on militants, saying Pakistani forces were already "thinly stretched".

'Double game'

In an interview with CBS television's 60 Minutes programme, Mrs Clinton said there was now a "much better relationship" between the US and Pakistani governments, militaries and intelligence services.

"I think that there was a double game going on in the previous years, where we got a lot of lip-service but very little produced," she said.

We've gotten more co-operation and it's been a real sea change in the commitment we've seen from the Pakistan government. We want more US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

But the past two years had seen "the killing or capturing of a great number of the leadership of significant terrorist groups", Mrs Clinton added.

"We've gotten more co-operation and it's been a real sea change in the commitment we've seen from the Pakistan government. We want more. We expect more."

"We've made it very clear that if - heaven-forbid - an attack like this that we can trace back to Pakistan were to have been successful, there would be very severe consequences," she warned.

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