Re: The fall of Swat..
This is getting to be ridiculous. Where is the control of the government? Instead they're mobilizing troops away from the Western border and towards the eastern border. This leaves the US army easy access to invade into the Western border, which might very well be the reason US is moving troops from Iraq to Afghanistan (at least the request was submitted to Congress, who denied it, but doesn't mean they wont try again to get approval). US comes in across the Pak-Afghan border to fight Taliban parties based out of NWFP.
I can already see another coup this year - Zardari might very well be ousted, leaving Nawaz free to come in. Why Nawaz? Who else is there - the country is tossed between PML and PPP and army. Same story, new packaging.
The mumbai attacks seem to be a complete ploy to get troops out of NWFP and onto the Eastern border - a complete distraction that allows US troops to come in from the West.
That's how I interpret these events.
Regardless, shame on the Pakistani gov't for giving such a careless regard to SWAT. It really angers me that a place which was once open for Pakistani tourists to travel freely in has become a haven for these brutists. The same crap they created in Afghanistan will be Pakistan's fate, and Zardari and his croonies are too busy being distracted playing with his newfound wealth that he doesn't give a rat's arse. His FIL lost us Bangladesh, and this bufoon is losing us NWFP.