Not to put too fine a point on it, but there really hasn't been a "Bush strategy" for dealing with al Qaeda HQs in Pakistan, other than trying to get Musharaff to deal with it. Musharaff wasn't doing much either, gyrating wildly between "negotiations" and military action with little rhyme or reason.

There have been a few bombing attacks under the table. Some have even been successful. Is this going to be the extent of it?

Democratic politicians make a big deal out of "going after al Qaeda where they live" and "getting bin Laden." So far they're lucky nobody has really pressed them on "how." To their credit, at least I haven't heard Democrats suggesting that the way to deal with al Qaeda is to send them foreign aid.

It isn't the "U.S." war on terror. Al Qaeda and the Taliban have an agenda. They had this agenda long before 9/11, and would have it right now if there were no U.S. troops at all over there.

They took over Afghanistan before they were forced out, and have every intention of doing the same thing to Pakistan in the absence of any serious opposition. Pakistan adopting the "fellatio" foreign policy approach so popular nowadays isn't going to change that.