Hillary Clinton... sometimes described as the Smartest Woman in the World and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as
Another Timothy Pickering...
on Thursday renewed calls on Pakistain to eliminate safe havens that Orcs and similar vermin use to launch attacks into Afghanistan, while calling for better US-Pak ties.
"We're certainly making clear that we want to see an end to safe havens and any kind of support from anywhere for cut-throats inside Pakistain," Clinton told news hounds.
"And we also want to continue to work to put our relationship (with Pakistain) on a stronger footing," the chief US diplomat said as US-Pak ties appeared worse than ever.
The Pak government and opposition leaders on Thursday closed ranks against increasing US pressure for action against the Haqqani network, refusing to be pressured into doing more in the war on terror.
The group, allegedly based in Pakistain's North Wazoo tribal region, was founded by former CIA asset Jalaluddin Haqqani and is run by his son Sirajuddin. It is blamed for attacks on US and NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis....
forces in Afghanistan.
Despite the "serious questions" that Washington has about Pakistain's support for orcs, Clinton said, "we have a lot of interests that are in common, most particularly the fight against terrorism."