SOMETIMES THE UNILATERAL COWBOY RIDES A UNICORN:

U.S. Urges Swift Action in Pakistan After Failed Bombing (JANE PERLEZ, 5/08/10, NY Times)

The new pressure from Washington was characterized by both the Pakistani and American officials as a sharp turnaround from the relatively polite encouragement adopted by the Obama administration in recent months. And it comes amid increasing debate within the administration about how to expand the American military’s influence — and even a boots-on-the-ground presence — on Pakistani soil.

Though the bombing in Times Square failed, Mr. Shahzad’s ability to move back and forth between the United States and Pakistan has heightened fears in the Obama administration that another attempt at a terrorist attack could succeed.

“We are saying, ‘Sorry, if there is a successful attack, we will have to act’ ” within Pakistan, one of the American officials said.

We must have missed that Congressional Declaration of War, huh?

Posted by Orrin Judd at May 8, 2010 5:57 PM