It's a harsh way to look at it but judging by this report from NPR, it seems that the US government has decided to thumb its nose at Pakistan and carry out cross border raids from Afghanistan without so much as a "by your leave" from their government.The first phase of this three pronged attack plan calls for these lightening raids into Pakistan, hammering al-Qaeda camps. And we can expect more in the future:The intelligence community already had approval from the president to carry out operations inside Pakistan, which included attacks by Predator drones, which can carry 100-pound Hellfire missiles.Additional authority came from the president just recently that allowed incursions by U.S. Special Operations forces, the source said.A second source said that lawmakers on Capitol Hill were briefed on the new plan shortly before The New York Times broke the story this week about the Special Operations raid from Afghanistan into Pakistan. The source also said that CIA personnel...(Read Full Post)