The Obama administration is turning up the pressure on Pakistan to fight the Taliban inside its borders, warning that if it does not act more aggressively the United States will use considerably more force on the Pakistani side of the border to shut down Taliban attacks on American forces in Afghanistan, American and Pakistani officials [...]
Pakistan Told to Ratchet Up Fight Against the Taliban – NYTimes.com
December 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Ross Douthat: Obama’s Nobel Speech, NYTimes.com
Since I gave him so much grief for accepting the prize in the first place, I have to give the president credit for the speech itself. He faced the impossible task of having to give multiple addresses at once: A speech his European hosts expected to hear from a Nobel Prize winner; a speech that [...]