Clinton's Pakistan Strategy

Scott Horton despairs of the MSM's misreading. Money quote:

An important part of Clinton’s job is public diplomacy, and her remarks in Pakistan this week are just that. A focal relationship is being recast, new points of connection are being defined, and criticisms once only whispered in back corridors are now stated openly. Clinton has made clear that the United States is prepared to dish out serious criticism, and also to receive it in return. Pakistan, at long last, is being treated as a fellow democracy and not as a military dictatorship in waiting. Beyond this, Clinton has forced open again a platform for more peaceful relations between the subcontinent’s two major powers. No one thinks peace is just around the corner for Pakistan. But we are witnessing the development of a policy that seriously engages its problems.