For a primer on Pakistan, Afghanistan and the whole region, listen to this NPR interview with Pakistani journalist, Ahmed Rasheed.
Among some of the things he talks about are:
The right wing conspiracies in Pakistan. The right wing controls the media.
Bin Laden is the strategizer, not the day to day guy. It would be symbolic and meaningful if the US captured him.
Rasheed suggests Obama is going to encourage a regional solution, which he says is the only way to address the problem.
Negotiations with Taliban and the U.S.
Europeans are excited about Obama and will give him leeway.
