Pakistan did the USA a favor recently …
All they got for it was a surprise rocket attack on their own soil.
The situation is well-explained by London’s Sunday Telegraph in its 29 Jan 06 edition:
Pakistan ‘delay let bin Laden escape US raid’
By Massoud Ansari in Karachi (Filed: 29/01/2006)
“Prevarication by the Pakistani government cost America the chance to kill Osama bin Laden in an airstrike near the Afghan border two years ago, the Sunday Telegraph has been told.
“A CIA lead that the al-Qaeda leader was hiding in a remote province was squandered because the Pakistani government delayed giving permission for the attack on its soil, according to a senior Western diplomat …
“By the time US officials got the go-ahead, bin Laden had left the suspected hideout in Zhob, in the Baluchistan province of south-west Pakistan.
“The near-miss was cited by the diplomat as the reason why America chose not to consult Islamabad before the US missile strike in Pakistan’s Bajaur region two weeks ago. The January 13 attack, prompted by a tip that bin Laden’s deputy, Ayman...