The visit by the senator John Kerry has high lightened the fact that indeed Pak-US relationship can be indeed described as a marriage of convenience. US needs Pakistan as much as Pakistan needs US. The details of the meeting between Senator John Kerry and Pakistan's security and civilian establishment leaders revealed that both the allies would cooperate on taking out high value targets in future.
It can definitely be considered a positive sign of development in the complex relationship between the two countries. Pakistan is indeed strategically important country for US as more than 70 percent of the supplies for coalition troops in Afghanistan pass through Pakistan, population wise it is the second biggest Muslim country ,after Indonesia, and possesses dozens of nuclear weapons. A new government in Islamabad which would be working against the US interests in that region would be the last thing which Obama administration would want, and the chances of this scenario to become a reality can increase if the economic and military aid to Pakistan is stopped , an option currently being considered by some US lawmakers.
Pakistan has suffered considerable losses in this war on terror and its civilian government along with the military is indeed poised to take on the extremist elements, in the tribal areas, which are a threat to peace and security of the whole region. Hopefully once suitable conditions are in place Pakistan Army would be taking on the militants in North Waziristan tribal agency just the way they had did in their successful military operations in Swat, Bajaur and South Waziristan.
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