The U.S. is [1] still throwing money at its duplicitous friend and ally Pakistan, but at least is not waiting for it to act.

"Eight dead in Pakistan missile strike," from [2] Agence France-Presse, December 22:

A SUSPECTED US missile strike on a Pakistani tribal area known as a hub of Taliban and al-Qa'ida activity killed at least eight militants, officials said....

"It was not immediately clear if the twin strikes, only minutes apart, targeted any senior Taliban or al-Qa'ida fugitives,'' a senior security official told AFP.