Pakistani leaders obviously bear a heavy responsibility for this state of affairs. But if the US has been unable to involve Pakistan in resolving the Afghanistan conflict, that failure simply reflects America’s refusal to give the Pakistanis what they wanted: a shift in the regional balance of power at the expense of India.
事实上，美巴关系已经退回了2001年9月11日之前的水平，当时，两国之间弥漫着相互不信任的情绪。巴基斯坦领导人显然对这一状态负有重大责任。但美国无法将巴基斯坦纳入解决阿富汗冲突的方案中，其失败是美国拒绝满足巴基斯坦要求的明证：牺牲印度，改变地区实力平衡。