Jihad trap: the US has a job to finish in Pakistan

Yet, even in the face of a near-certain US attack, Pakistan has refused to buckle down – and openly states that it will not go after the Haqqani network. It has even managed to procure a “certificate of franchise ownership” from the Taliban, claiming that it was the Taliban (and not Pakistan) that controlled the Haqqani network. What accounts for Pakistan’s open show of bravado in the face of US arm-twisting?

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