If Ralph Peters Had His Way

Writing in the New York Post, Ralph Peters offers some guidance on how to handle the situation in Pakistan:

A better strategy's obvious. But Washington has trouble with the obvious. At our pathetic State Department, habit trumps innovation every time. And the Pentagon can't seem to see beyond the immediate battlefield.

What should we do? Dump Pakistan. Back India.

Let's see if I follow this: influential portions of Pakistan's military and intelligence service nurture Islamic terrorists because they need a low cost way to attack India; these same forces worry even now that the U.S. is conspiring with India to splinter Pakistan; ergo openly backing India will make Pakistan turn on its jihadist allies, leaving them with no allies. Openly allying with India would also make Pakistan more willing to share information with the U.S. regarding the location and security of their nuclear weapons.

That doesn't sound plausible.

Granted, the status quo is lousy, but cornering Pakistan would likely make things worse. And things could still be worse.