Would it encourage the middle-class professional and urban workers in Pakistan, disgusted by the excesses of the extremists, to dig in and see off fundamentalism? Would it strengthen the more moderate elements in politics and the military?
为什么不让巴基斯坦人相信，西方确实有志于保全一个穆斯林民主国家？这么一个决定是否能有助于改变对抗塔利班的全面形势？这是否又能激励那些延误恐怖行动的中产阶级和城市工人阶层，让他们深刻反省并与极端主义思想一刀两断？这是否也会增强政界和军界的温和派力量？“这没问题，”西方会这样对巴基斯坦人说，“但别看隔壁的阿富汗就是了，看到那你就知道我们是多么不可靠了。”