Ouch! That pretty much guarantees that we will play victim again, in the NEAR future -- I think it's better to not be fatalistic, there is nothing impossible as long as there is a WILL to overcome - whatever comes from these incidences such as operation Geronimo, you can be sure that unless Pakistan make a determination that it will not accept the language of force from anybody, that soon the peoples of the country will see little need to ideas such as armies and such.
Like the Us Air Force recruiting motto says: Aim High
Well.. I did not elaborate on "other" options vis a vis the US..
just that taking them on in conventional warfare today is folly.