And I submit to you that THE TRUTH! can be a funny thing.
As Col. Nathan Jessup (aka Jack Nicholson) might put it: hearing Ms Clinton speak of US 'messing' up Pakistan in 1980's is NOT the whole truth, but a half truth. A more complete truth is that Uniformed & Turbaned power players who have lorded over Pakistan have been too eager to join any US bandwagon to be able to get invites to the Gymkhana Club..if you know what I mean?
These plutocrats could have striven to bargain a better deal for their homeland at every turn. They invariably chose personal perks and privileges over longterm gains for their own nation, her abiding interests and betterment of her peoples. So when the great Kayani and your current management use such phrases as "not in Pakistan's interests" etc, people tend to be skeptical.
So a more complete truth would have been, "US messed up Pakistan....because Absolutist General Zia wished to bargain "peanuts" with Carter and then Reagan administration; the clean-shaven, closet Islamist that he was; he strove to sup with the house of Saud through his personal contacts with Hashemite Abbey (sic).
Past is a different country. Looking ahead, Pakistan has some clear choices. US can no longer afford to cozy up with strongmen (Zia\Musharraf\Mubarak) in pivotal SouthWest-Asian nations like Pakistan because of demographics and information-age. Secondly Paks are very 'chum' with China. So the only working relationship US and Pakistan can have involves Pakistan playing grown-up with Indians & Afghanistan. If you are astute businessmen, then quickly open trade channels with Central Asia & beyond inorder to make yourself indispensable before Indians make you irrelevant by opening Chabahar railway+Highway to Central Asia. Otherwise, it might just be worth your while to play the grouchy Grinch and further cozy up with China, Iran - it has worked in the past for Myanmar, Vietnam and Gemal Nassir's Egypt. Play wisely, stakes are HIGH. "PLAYER DISCRETION ADVISED".