The border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan is heating up. I have a slew of interesting articles on activities there as a continuation of my recent posts on the area (see here, here and here) which I will get to in a moment, but one article truly struck me and it was from Reuters:
Former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld may not have been shy about projecting U.S. military power, but even he didnt dare send American troops into Pakistans tribal lands to snatch or kill al Qaeda leaders.