What little muscle they have to flex.

We all know that al-Qaeda is holding up in Northwest Pakistan and the Pakistanis are slow to handle that situation.  The US has said it will pursue the bad guys anywhere, anytime and to do their best to break the terrorists back.

Anti war.com is reporting:

The United States reportedly delivered an ultimatum to Pakistan’s government during last week’s G20 meeting, demanding that the government move against the so-called “Quetta shura,” a group of former Afghan government officials the US insists are hold up in the city and threatening to attack the city with both drones and potentially ground troops if Pakistan didn’t.

Tensions between the US and Pakistan are on the rise, and Pakistani Army Chief General Parvez Kayani is cautioning that the nation’s military will not tolerate any US attacks against Balochistan Province.

Beginning to launch drone strikes in Balochistan would have serious ramifications, however. Though the FATA attacks have angered the local populace, the tribal areas are frankly not high priority for most Pakistanis. Balochistan, however, is a proper province, and Quetta is a significant city. If American missiles start raining down on Quetta, the whole nation is likely to take notice, and not in a good way. Such attacks may also rile the Baloch separatist movement, particularly if the national government is no better able to halt them than they are in Waziristan.

I can hear Scooby-Doo in my head saying, “Rut Ro”!

Things could get very tense and very ugly if the US takes it upon itself to attack with drones.  Our relations with Pakistan is dicey at best….they will gladly take all the cash we throw at them to fight AQ, but it is another thing for us to expect results for our investment.

Yet another test for Obama in the making….how will he handle it?