Ah. WASP-Sunni premi is something that we use to name something which we cannot properly describe, a "mystery" of sorts. Ditto Lara Logan. In that interview (must be watched in full), she asks the question "Why"? Why is the US so indulgent towards Pakistan? 1/n

She is exasperated: "the 64 million dollar question" or whatever. The answer is a simple one, one that most will deride immediately. It is India, which cannot be allowed to become a peer. Nor can it be allowed to become so weak that it cannot help against the new enemy China. 2/n

We are seeing is the same old "Jewel in the Crown" thinking which the British passed on to their former colony and protege, in a different form. So, the US will use Pakistan to keep India unbalanced, but will pay much more attention to India than it used to - because China 3/n

is the bigger, clearer and more present danger. With this current scripted fiasco in Afghanistan, that balancing act with India gradually tilting in India's favour. Here's why. I think the US has a deal with the Taliban, which boils down to the following: 4/n

The Taliban can rule Afghanistan however they want, so long as they do not threaten the US or its European/Gulf allies. Contrary to the mess it looks like now, once NATO pulls out - the Taliban will have to actually rule, and not like the last time around. 5/n