"It’s time – way past time – to stop the tail from wagging the dog.
The latest confrontation between the United States and Pakistan underscores the futility of working with an “ally” that is hell-bent not on saving Afghanistan as an independent country but on taking it over with China’s backing as U.S., Canadian and other foreign soldiers leave by 2014.
In the geopolitical sweep of Asia, Pakistan is not a friend of the West but a nuclear-armed enemy that can cause huge damage to stability and democracy in the Indian subcontinent."
Almost surprised to see this in the Globe.