We're aware of them and we're not doing anything about them (that means we're ignoring them) because a suspected/known State sponsor of terrorism says they're off limits. That brings up the question, are we fighting a war against terrorism and all their sponsors/supporters, or are trying to isolate an already isolated country and build a nation? Everyone agrees to some degree that is more than a simple homegrown insurgency that is restricted to the geographical boundries of Afghanistan. It is also a State proxy war, not just against us, but with the longer term strategic goal of achieving a perceived strategic advantage over India. It also involves numerous non-state actors coming to the Jihad like moths to a flame, just as they did during the Soviet occupation. There are a lot of stake holders in this conflict, this is not a simple internal insurgency like we saw in Malaya, and we won't win it in the villages alone.We haven't ignored the safe-havens. We've known about them since late 2001. Musharraf explicitly and publicly denied us the ability to do "hot pursuit" in early 2002. The problem isn't that we're ignoring the safe-havens - the problem is that we are unwilling to deal with the consequences of violating Pakistani sovereignty.
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