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ARTICLE: “Pakistan Is Said To Be Attracting More Insurgents: U.S. Officials Note Rise; Seen as Bolstering of Al Qaeda—Setbacks in Iraq May Be Spur,” by Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 10 July 2008, p. A1.

Spray one apartment and the bugs move over to the next. Wherever there’s the least resistance or the most opportunity, you find them clustered.

The Anbar awakening ruins al Qaeda’s long-term chances in Iraq, and so the clustering refocuses on Pakistan.

With the surge succeeding in Iraq and Bush finally coming around to rapprochement with Iran, our re-direct on Afghanistan/Pakistan seems well underway for the next president.