It’s make or break time for Pakistan
The remains of the mainstream media earns its keep today with a good piece by Fareed Zakaria arguing that this is the moment for Pakistan to straighten up and fly right. I don’t think it is going to happen, but if it did, he lays out how it would. McClatchy has a story in which ...
The remains of the mainstream media earns its keep today with a good piece by Fareed Zakaria arguing that this is the moment for Pakistan to straighten up and fly right. I don't think it is going to happen, but if it did, he lays out how it would.
The remains of the mainstream media earns its keep today with a good piece by Fareed Zakaria arguing that this is the moment for Pakistan to straighten up and fly right. I don’t think it is going to happen, but if it did, he lays out how it would.
McClatchy has a story in which an American official goes all Rodney King on the situation. “At the end of the day, a relationship with Pakistan is critical.… Wherever this goes, we have to find some way to get along with the Pakistanis.” State Department officials saying “end of the day” is like baseball writers using “iconic.” It means they are not really thinking.
Interesting to see the Indian PM in Kabul for the first time in six years. Are we seeing the future taking shape?
And I loved the comments on this item, especially the pseudo-spam. (HT to Starbuck)
Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1
More from Foreign Policy

America Is a Heartbeat Away From a War It Could Lose
Global war is neither a theoretical contingency nor the fever dream of hawks and militarists.

The West’s Incoherent Critique of Israel’s Gaza Strategy
The reality of fighting Hamas in Gaza makes this war terrible one way or another.

Biden Owns the Israel-Palestine Conflict Now
In tying Washington to Israel’s war in Gaza, the U.S. president now shares responsibility for the broader conflict’s fate.

Taiwan’s Room to Maneuver Shrinks as Biden and Xi Meet
As the latest crisis in the straits wraps up, Taipei is on the back foot.