A real offensive, or a phoney war?

The Americans, I guess, will never be satisfied with anything we do… unless, ofcourse, we end up like Iraq.

http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13576371

…Rigid, deceitful and, it seems, convinced that Islamist militancy poses a much lesser threat to Pakistan than America reckons, the army will always be an awkward ally along the north-west frontier. Then again America is a difficult friend for Pakistan. Its pressing objective is to stanch the flow of Taliban into Afghanistan and to crush al-Qaeda’s leadership; these are not priorities for many Pakistanis. And if the Pakistani army’s efforts against the Taliban have not been successful, it reasonably counters that the cross-border insurgency has been inflamed by America’s own blunders in Afghanistan and its missile strikes into Pakistan…

Re: A real offensive, or a phoney war?

or may be we never do enough, not even for our own sake.

Re: A real offensive, or a phoney war?

We'll see, right now it seems a little underwhelming.