Thanks OldSalt for putting cedarford in his place. (Which is not here, by the way, but perhaps there’s a seat left for him at kiddie table with the Kos Kids!)

That being said, hope for A-stan is fading fast. It is looking impossible to settle without handling Pakistan. The coming NIE will not be good. But it is invaluable to be inside the enemy’s decision cycle. It costs blood and money, but what will it cost in the coming years after we come out?