Facing Islamist chaos and America's Rambo, Pakistan is turning to No 10
After claiming to have spent nine years nurturing democracy in Pakistan and festooning the country's military dictatorship with $11bn in aid, the Bush administration's policy is careering out of control, as US soldiers trade bullets with the forces of what was once a most-favoured ally in the "war on terror". On Sunday night, Pakistan border troops fired on a raiding party of American commandos emerging from two Chinooks in an attempt to cross on foot from Afghanistan into the Pakistan village of Angoor Adda. They had no permission to be there.
This was the latest in a series of forays into Pakistan sovereign territory taken by US special forces at the behest of President Bush.… Seguir leyendo »