Stop Digging, Already!!

From the office of Lessons NOT Learned:

A new and classified American military proposal outlines an intensified effort to enlist tribal leaders in the frontier areas of Pakistan in the fight against Al Qaeda and the Taliban, as part of a broader effort to bolster Pakistani forces against an expanding militancy, American military officials said.

Because THAT strategery has worked so well in the past, you know. It's not like those weapons of spreadin' democracy and sweet liberty could end up being used against us because it's like, never happened before.
Although it worked out rather well with Osama Bin Convenient and the Mujahideen in Afghanistan.
Not like it could ever come back and bite us in our imperial asses. Nothing to see here....move along, go home and watch re-runs on the idiot box.