What he said.
(Editorial comment: The Taliban has factions. Some are extreme, some not. Sort of like Christianity.)
The people of Pakistan do not necessarily regard the Taliban as an enemy.
In fact, there is a lot of sympathy for the Taliban in military, governmental and intelligence circles.
In order to have forced Pakistan to send it's military to die in an American war without popular support the US must have applied a lot of pressure of some sort.
(Ed: I wonder if it was the same sort of pressure exerted upon Tony Blair.)
At least that's how I read it. I'm sure no one will be afraid to correct me if I'm wrong.
Arf