US is living in denial

To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, says Newton’s Third Law of Motion which seems to govern not only our physical state but also the far more riveting world of international diplomacy. For what else can explain the US’s continued attempts to keep Pakistan engaged as an ally in the Afghan war despite the fact that the latter has made it perfectly clear that it will not support American efforts to destroy terror networks in the region? Indeed, it seems the more Pakistanis want out, the more the Americans want them back in on the war on terror.

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