The U.S. is 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 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.