I understand.
But Mushareff seems to be hanging on by mere threads. He apparently cannot count on his own military which has a large jihadi element itself.
I would imagine that our offices in Pakistan are little more than information gathering posts only. There is little they can actually do.
It would be nice if we could attack those schools and "camps" but I just do not see a practical way to do so without losing Mushareff completely and the little that he does.
Perhaps we should not worry about it and do it anyway. We could stand the international "heat" with a hearty "stfu".
But i would think the "camps" would simply reappear somewhere else.
I just don't know. It is frustrating as hel l.
Having lived in Pakistan and worked on strategic affairs of the Near East for almost 3 decades, I can tell you that Musharraf's hold on power is stronger than what is being conveyed.
Many of these camps were reopened earlier this year with Pakistan army permission as per a report in a prominent Pakistani magazine.