It's interesting that the Pakistanis are having such grief with these Taliban and Al Qaeda people. The U.S. approach of using the North Alliance ground troops as proxies with massive American air support seems to have been more effective. However this may not be a fair comparison. The Pakistanis are fighting the inner core of the Taliban and Al Qaeda who have their backs against the wall (these people are about as evil as humans beings can be). Using infantry on the ground against them initially was probably an error. They should have bombed them from the air without warning and then sent in infantry for a mop up.

Gary