U.S. losing patience with Pakistan, says Panetta

[IamK]

KABUL (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Thursday the United States was reaching the limits of its patience with Pakistan because of the safe havens the country offered to insurgents in neighboring Afghanistan.

It was some of the strongest language used by a U.S. official to describe the strained ties between Washington and Islamabad.

"It is difficult to achieve peace in Afghanistan as long as there is safe haven for terrorists in Pakistan," said Panetta, speaking in the Afghan capital Kabul where he arrived for talks with military leaders amid rising violence in the war against the Taliban and a spate of deadly attacks, including a NATO air strike said to have killed 18 villagers.

"It is very important for Pakistan to take steps. It is an increasing concern, the issue of safe haven, and we are reaching the limits of our patience," he told reporters.

http://news.yahoo.com/panetta-afghanistan-talks-amid-rising-violence-042354880.html

[unhappycamper]

1. As long as we keep droning their citizens, Pakistan remains pissed.

BTW, we solved that how-do-we-get-our-stuff-out-of -Afghanistan problem: let's use the 'Northern Route'.

Unfortunately, it costs six times as much to ship crap than the Pakistan route.

[marmar]

2. I don't think Pakistan (or much of the world) gives a flying f**k about the U.S.'s "patience" .....

...... Meddling empires breed contempt.

[bemildred]

3. This gets more Alice-in-Wonderlandy all the time.

A total lack of clue on public display. Lord knows what fuckwit "plans" we are pursuing here.

[malthaussen]

4. Let's hire Nixon and Kissinger and invade Cambodia!

...uh, Pakistan, I mean. Oh, fudge, it's so hard to tell all them Asian countries apart!

-- Mal