Secretary of State Clinton Strokes the Pakistanis

Secretary of State Clinton Strokes the Pakistanis US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is touring South Asia in an effort to shore up support for our war in Afghanistan. I believe that this is also an attempt to shore up damage done by General McChrystal with his now popular negative remarks about the war. I say this because she is also stressing that we fight a united effort just as all of the other government officials who have visited that area in the last month have done.

She has also assured the Pakistanis that the US is in the war for the long haul. One of the reasons that Pakistani support may be a little weak is that they know that they will have to live with the Taliban long after we are gone. She is also offering them more money in the form of aid. Throwing money at them will not work. They need to know that we are capable of defeating the Taliban and that we will always be there for them.

Our Operation Enduring Freedom Ring customers who are giving their best efforts fighting this war deserve all of the help that they can get from the Pakistanis along with every other ally that we have. I have to applaud her efforts but the money part has never worked and I don’t think that it is the way to go in this situation.