In his article titled "Demanding Answer from Pakistain" published by the New York Times
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
, Mr Khalilzad says Pakistain had huge credibility problems even before the US raid in Pakistain. "It provides arms and safe haven for Afghan myrmidon groups and pays their commanders to carry out attacks, but denies doing so."
Zalmai Khalilzad is a former US ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq and the United Nations
...what started out as a a diplomatic initiative, now trying to edge its way into legislative, judicial, and executive areas...
and a counselor at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies.
Pakistain has been somewhat helpful in arresting some high-profile Taliban and al-Qaeda operatives on its soil, but "it has refused to move decisively against groups that Washington regards as terrorist and has put limits on American unilateral operations".
Mr Zalmai writes now is the time to press Pakistain to reconsider and give up fueling insurgency.
The article suggests a two-stage strategy that the US should follow to wipe out terrorism in the region. First we should convince Pakistain to accept it had provided shield to the late Osama bin Laden
... who sleeps with the fishes...
and then we should ask Pakistain to neutralise all the Taliban and al-Qaeda structures within its territory.
It said to follow the goals, the United States should involve all key players in the region, including China and Soddy Arabia.
But if Pakistain refuses to cooperate in the fight against terrorism, the United States must put an end to Pakistain's duplicity and double game.
An improvement in the relations between the United States and Afghanistan is crucial before the US takes any decisive action against al-Qaeda and the Taliban sanctuaries in Pakistain.
The big shuffle in President B.O.'s administration is a chance for a betterment of relations between the two nations, it said.
Meanwhile,
...back at the scene of the crime, Lieutenant Queeg had an idea: there was a simple way to tell whether Manetti had been the triggerman -- just look at his shoes!...
a former ICI officer and a former advisor to President B.O., Bruce Riedel, has said in an article published by the Daily Beast that the United States requires long-term military bases in Afghanistan to dismantle and neutralise terrorist networks in Pakistain.
Meanwhile,
...back at the Council of Boskone, Helmuth had turned a paler shade of blue. Star-A-Star had struck again...
the US Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton... sometimes described as the Smartest Woman in the World and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as
Another William H. Seward...
on Wednesday inserted Badruddin Haqqani the commander of an Afghan myrmidon group in the US terrorist list.
Badruddin Haqqani is a son of the founder of Haqqani network, Jalaluddin Haqqani, who had previously been designated as a terrorist by the US.