Charley, I read that Tariq Ali piece when it was published a week or so ago. What's your problem with it? Too well informed?

Giok said: "If there is the SLIGHTEST chance of the militants seizing power in Pakistan, the US and her allies will be in there quicker than lightning." But how can America charge in anywhere, when they are already struggling to maintain troop levels in Afghanistan and Iraq? And WHAT allies?