Political Progress Will Only Take Place If

Pakistan Are Very Keen To Carry Out The Operations Themselves. And There's Significant Effort On The Part Of The Us And Other Countries To Provide Assistance That Can Enable Pakistan To Do Just That.

This Cannot Be The United States Being The Air Force For Shia Militias, Or A Shia On Sunni Arab Fight.

The Art Of Coalition Command - Whether It Is Here In Afghanistan, Whether It Was In Iraq Or In Bosnia Or In Haiti - Is To Take The Resources You Are Provided With, Understand What The Strengths And Weaknesses Are And To Employ Them To The Best Overall Effect.

First And Foremost Is To Not Allow The Reestablishment, If You Will, Of An Extremist Sanctuary That Can Export The Kind Of Terror That Ended Up With Terrorists Taking Down The World Trade Center And Plowing Into The Pentagon And A Field In Pennsylvania. That's The Point: We Started This War Because The Sept. 11 Attack Came From This Area. And We Do Not Fight Alone, But With Some 40 Allies Who Share That View.

Every Civilian's Death Diminishes Us, Collectively.