If you don't do the rat killin', then we'll do it for you.
The Asia Times says that the US has built a base right on the Afghan-Pakistan border for the purposes of raiding into Pakistan, with or without Islamabad's approval. Al-Qaeda's impotent attacks on the base only resulted in AQ retreating further into Pakistan.Wretchard has all the details.
Bill Roggio writes in the Weekly Standard that Pakistan has finally admitted it has a counterinsurgency problem (!), and is ramping up to meet it (really?). However, the problem has now metastized beyond the tribally administered areas into parts of Pakistan.
Plus, Musharraf & Karzai are set to square off.
