A curious commentary on Richard Holbrooke's mission to Pakistan, entitled 'Pakistan wants more from US: Obama Calls Zardari' appears on: http://watandost.blogspot.com/ and I draw attention to two snippets:

1) replacing the former head of Pakistan’s intelligence service, who was widely mistrusted by the CIA; appointing a new chief for the Frontier Corps; and doubling Frontier Corps salaries.

2) Pakistan would also like at least to “be in the room” when targeting decisions for CIA aerial drone attacks in the FATA are made.

I wonder if the US Congress is aware it maybe funding the FC salaries? Given their previous, recent history of reluctance to engage extremists and the mooted training mission.

davidbfpo