The US & others working with Pakistan

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A short article by Bruce Reidel, hat tip to the Lowy Institute:http://casi.ssc.upenn.edu/iit/bruceriedel

Nothing too startling, although the title suggests some expectation that India will become more engaged.

A few short excerpts:

Since 9/11, the U.S. has disbursed over $25 billion in military and economic aid to Islamabad....No other country except Israel has received so much American aid since 2001.

I'm not sure what economic aid means, budget support?

As SWC recognises the role of the Pakistani Army/ISI, this is of value (edited):

Finally, there is a shadow of Abbottabad haunting American-Pakistani relations. Days after the SEAL raid that killed the al Qaeda amir, a Pakistani journalist wrote that “of course the generals knew and they knew they could get away with it.” It was either ISI incompetence or complicity, neither of which is comforting.

On reading the article again I do wonder if the impact of drone attacks on radicalisation within Pakistan could alter India's calculus to avoid, along with other factors:

An American-Pakistan proxy war could become an Indo-Pakistan proxy war.