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[patrick1]

Tue fact that Pakistanis hate America as much as India and fear us more really shows how bad our foreign policy really is.

Are you arguing that we shouldn't have killed Bin Laden?

No, but just about everything else we've done has been horrible. The drone strikes, the interventions in the Tribal Regions, etc. And I do think that we could have handled the UBL raid better, but his death is enough for me to shove my principles under the rug.

These guys we hit in NW Frontier and tribals arent exactly playing pattycake and the Pakistani government vacillates on how serious they combat the AQ, Talib, Haqqani etc. Further, we all know the ISI plays a cynical game. Much rather hit them where they plan and contain it before it reaches here.  Do we kill innocents, of course.  Have we handled everything deftly, of course not.  I also don't think we can afford to be passive and trust the Pakistani government to keep their house in order.

[patrick1]

The ISI supported the Pakistani Taliban as much as the CIA did. It turned out be unfortunate for both countries.

The mujahideen of the Soviet era are not synonymous with the Taliban. Some became Northern Alliance, some Taliban. The US was gone from the scene by the time the Taliban formed.