[Coop]

Mushy's in a very difficult situation, no doubt. And yes, some of it's of his own making, but putting the genie back in the bottle is easier said than done.

[Marine_Uncle]

"... but putting the genie back in the bottle is easier said than done."
One can see he is sometimes between a rock and a hard place. He cannot appear as a US puppet allowing Pakis to be attacked by US forces, and he cannot go easy on the obviouse cross border insurgency. And he cannot be to bold as to appear to drive a wedge between the US and India. At least he has embraced the philosophy that Islamic radicals must be taken out. He doesn't like death attempts on his life any more then anyone else does.