NYT: Pakistan to Talk With Militants, New Leaders Say

[ehtasab]

Re: NYT: Pakistan to Talk With Militants, New Leaders Say

@GoldenAsif

That talk has alarmed American officials, who fear it reflects a softening stance toward the militants just as President Pervez Musharraf has given the Bush administration a freer hand to strike at militants using pilotless Predator drones.

A possibility of success as a result of ‘negotiations’ and ‘deals’ would mean a big blow to someone’s long war i.e. terrorists can be overcome only by missiles/bombs.

**Mr. Zardari said: “Obviously what they have been doing for the last eight years has not been working. Even a fool knows that.” **

Its a slap in some faces. But slight correction its been less than 7 years.