DISQUS

Cross-border raids alone absolutely would be destabilizing - many of the tribes and people of Afghanistan might forgive us, but the tribes more closely allied with their Pakistani brethren and the Pakistani peoples in the FATA and NWFP would condemn it. If cross-border raids could be combined with effective development activities in the FATA and NWFP provinces, that would be a different matter. This obviously is no easy task and vulnerable to many, many problems. Our greatest challenge and greatest hope, however, is to build a stable, civil society that has hope for a future grounded in both respect for their traditions and capabilities to grow peacefully in a modern, globalized society.