Pakistan's official name is the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. I caught New York Times reporter Jane Perlez on Charlie Rose last night and she made a good point.

The Pakistan government is doing two things which help the U.S. enormously despite an anti-American citizenry. 1) They're allowing the constant flow of supplies to NATO troops through their country 2) they've allowed an increase in predator drone strikes in their country.

Also she pointed out that Pakistan considers the Taliban an asset. They are trying bring them into a coalition government, although I don't know how that would work.

We need to internationalize the Kashmir issue.