Recap, Nov. 23 -- Since its "premature" birth, the "truncated" state of Pakistan, with every conceivable neo-natal vulnerability, had to scramble for perennial life support. Having parted ways with erstwhile masters, missed the Soviet bus and disregarded the NAM (Non-Aligned Movement) bandwagon, desperate Pakistan jumped into an unenviable relationship with the US. In a bid to become a valued ally of the Super Power, it ended up as its most bullied camp-follower. As such, whatever it did was spurned as not enough. "Do more" was the catchword; "no more", not an option; and sanctions, or threats thereof, were just a matter of routine. Hence the unending replays of "the Wolf and the Lamb".

As discussed, the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanista...