If they succeed taking Pakistan, India may do the nasty for us and we can keep our hands clean. The trick would be to neutralize Pakistans nukes in the ensuing chaos. Scary thought, but it could take a decade off this war.
Do that first, at the outset.
If they succeed taking Pakistan, India may do the nasty for us and we can keep our hands clean.
Well, that would appear to be the main idea. And none of this letting the bearded extremists pull that "tactical" trucial crap, phony peacemaking, etc., etc. Make them fight, make them fight hard, and make them fight to the last man and boy. And hang the madrassa teachers, Al Q'aedists, and Taliban out of hand -- they started all this.
Then find Bin Laden, and bring him to the well of the Senate in a cage, to see what should be done with him. Personally, I prefer a helicopter ride to New York, ending at the 106th floor of the World Trade Center.