[mirzaterak]

If Pakistan is going to have a hissy fit about their sovereignty, then, yes - it's time to throw a great big victory celebration in the various US bases in Afghanistan. Move material to Iraq, or anywhere else it's useful to us or our allies. Pull out the high-value material, march the troops home.

Metrics should be attached to all future aid to Afghanistan & to Pakistan - deliverables & timetables for delivery. If we don't get either one, the target country doesn't get the aid scheduled. Prex for life's Karzai's regime will doubtless fall - but he's not all the useful anyway.

Perhaps like the Phoenix, something useful will rise from the ashes. If not, we can always lob in a few smart weapons if anyone - Al Qaeda - tries to build up a strike force to hit the US again.