After North Korea, Pakistan
2 Don Surber by Don Surber
President Trump's pacification of North Korea -- getting Kim Jong Un to denuclearize -- has a ripple effect.
In Pakistan.
The story in the New York Times -- "U.S. Drone Strike Kills Leader of Pakistani Taliban, Pakistan Says" -- was progress. Drones took out Mullah Fazlullah, who terrorized the countryside in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
"Mr. Fazlullah has been the most-wanted militant in Pakistan for years. His organization has carried out hundreds of attacks against both Pakistani security forces and civilians, including an assault on a school in Peshawar in 2014 that killed 145 people or more, including at least 132 children," the Times said.
For a few years, he was Mister Big.
Now he is gone.
As a certain Pig In A Pants Suit said, "What happened?"
From the Times, "The American drone strike came as a long stretch of tension between the United States and Pakistan seemed to be easing.
"The Trump administration had been increasing pressure on Pakistan until recently, accusing the country of doing too little to help stop the Afghan Taliban’s long insurgency. But in recent months, officials say, the two countries have been cooperating more in hopes of persuading the Afghan Taliban to join peace talks."
The drone strike came two days after President Trump's Singapore Thing with Kim.
Actions have consequences.
Inaction, too.
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