Lisa Curtis of the Heritage Foundation. COME ON DOWN!

It’s pretty obvious that Lisa doesn’t read the Ball Gunner. In fact, I’m not sure what Lisa reads. But I know what she writes:

Pakistan will have to confront domestic opposition and go back on the military offensive in the tribal areas, working closely with U.S. and NATO forces to control the Afghan-Pakistani border. Although such operations may be unpopular in Pakistan in the short-term, they are necessary if Pakistan wants to limit the chances of future U.S. unilateral military strikes that could lead to long-term destabilization of the country.

Sweet robotic Jesus cakes! This is one prize pig!
Despite the fact that Pakistani VOTERS are quite unhappy with us, they better learn to get with the program or we’re just going to do it regardless — even if doing it is obviously detrimental. And this woman writes for a THINK TANK?!

I encourage anyone and everyone to wade through that piece, or column, or think-tankery; whatever they call it. More than anything fills in the lines of how incredibly deluded people seem to be when it comes to Central Asia and it demonstrates either ignorance or ambivalence that Pakistan is a democracy. There is also profound resentment among Pakistanis about U.S. interference in their country, a resentment that recently welled to the surface in the sound defeat of Pervez Musharaf’s party in Pakistan’s elections.

Losing the unchallenged support of Musharaf was a hard hit to the U.S. influence in the region. The current government is a much harder sell when it comes to marching to our drum. Of course, if we follow Lisa Curtis’ advice we might just find ourselves with a government that is actively hostile.

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