sure. but you can understand why the u.s., since there are these sort of ongoing threats, as well as ongoing attacks, most of them out of this mountainous region that s so difficult to get to, that the only way to stop the attacks on u.s. troops, on nato troops is to go either cross the border or the helicopters or send the drones over, because of the difficulty you re talking about. the drones and the helicopters are two different things. and i spoke to general petraeus last night. he called me from kabul. i ve known him when he was a centcom commander and we speak regularly. he assured me, for example, that they will resolve the issue over the nato tanker supply line. he understands that pakistan has not stopped it as a political retaliation, but actually only to make sure the convoys more secure, because of the circumstances. look, what we have in pakistan is a complex political reality. americans often look at their own politics and you cover it every week and you still can t
time line. we cannot follow a time line allies set for us, because we are allies, not a satellite. sure. but you can understand why the u.s., since there are sort of ongoing threats, as well as ongoing attacks, most of them out of the mountainous region that s so difficult to get to, the only way to stop attacks on u.s. troops, on nato troops, is to go, you know, either cross the boarder or the helicopters or send the drones over because of the difficulty you re talking about. the drones and the helicopters are two different things, and i spoke to general petraeus last night. he called me from kabul. i know him when he was centcom commander. he assured me he will resolve the issue over the nato tanker supply line. he understands pakistan has not stopped it as a political retaliation but only to make convoys more secure because of the circumstances. look, what we have in pakistan is a complex political reality.