......This is not a simple game of you find someone and attack them without any repercussions.......
Repercussions there certainly are, but unfortunately for Pakistan these repercussions are being felt within the borders of Pakistan and not on mainland USA who is carrying out these strikes and causing a significant amount of "collateral damage".
If we are to assume that the US flies its UAVs/UCAVs into
your NWFP without your knowledge for these attacks [you claim otherwise later], then it appears that the
US has faced absolutely no repercussions at all. It continues to fly in and out of the NWFP with absolute impunity and bomb its assumed target.
If reports from the public domain are to be believed, these attacks are accompanied by a significant amount of
Collateral Damage.
The fact of the matter is that the US is doing pretty much what it can in your NWFP and is facing absolutely no, taking a word from you, repercussions.
(Please don't tell me that the collapse of Lehmann Brothers and the sub-prime lending crisis in the US was a result of unprovoked attacks on Pakistani soil by US forces using the Predator drone......
naaaah!!! not happening buddy)
The relationship has to look beyond that.
Unfortunately for you the US is yet to look beyond it. The first time they started refusing to look beyond it was when they realized that Pakistani personals had leaked News of American Cruise missile attacks in Afghanistan to the Taliban. This attack could have effectively neutralised Osama Bin Laden and fulfilled all American objectives of the time.
Unfortunately the leak from Pakistani side prevented this prevented this from happening and thanks to this the Al-Qaeda chief is still alive and kicking.
As for why America lets Pakistani Armed forces take part its attack missions, the reasons are different
Musharraf regime: - You may clear an area of unwanted elements using Air attacks, but to hold on to the dominance of that area you need the infantry to pound its boots on that area. Unfortunately for the Americans, their foot soldiers are streached thin across the globe. Hence they need to offload some of its duties to willing volunteers. In this case it happens to be the Pakistani armed forces sharing some of the American load.
A Democratically elected government: - + looks bad when it appears that the government elected by the people as no say in the affairs of a region [NWFP] . Such government loses credibility and leaves it vulnerable to a coup from its Armed Forces. The last thing the Amercan government wants is another Dictator heading Pakistan. Appearing to have say in the affairs of a region goes a long way in restoring faith in the minds of people and gaining credibiltiy.
Again read above. If this was a matter of national security, Pakistan would go the route of defaulting.
Naaah!...defaulting is when you have already taken the loan and not paying it back. The situation here is if
Pakistan is denied the loan at all in the first place. Defaulting on previous IMF loans - well that is another matter and not of significance as in those cases, you have already received the loans.
Well buddy it is a little easier for you to say Pakistan can do without the loan, since
you are in no position of power to take policy decisions which have effects on a National level.
But do take the effort to ask a respected Pakistani economist [not a politician] how much Pakistan needs the loan from the IMF and you would realize the significance of this loan.
In this time of economic recession,
Pakistan needs the loan more than any other developing economy in the world