Should (Could) America and Pakistan’s Bond Be Broken? - NYTimes.com

Should (Could) America and Pakistan’s Bond Be Broken? - NYTimes.com: "The Pakistani officials had already advised their neighbors in Afghanistan — where Americans have committed billions of dollars and lost more than 1,500 lives since 2001 — that Afghanistan would be better off placing long-term bets on an ascendant China, rather than a declining United States."