[colorado tanker]

Mushie’s deal with the Taliban and N.W. Frontier tribes didn’t buy him a whole lot, did it?

[SunkenCiv]

It bought him some time. If he weren’t nimble he wouldn’t have lasted this long. One thing he can count on, the internal fractious enemies can’t be unified with each other, so as long as he can make nice with the outliers, he can handle the stuff closer to the core. That’s what he’s doing.