A strong man instils confidence in the short term, but in the long term politics is about how people relate to each other.

The man in the street has not been the beneficiary of the U.S. aid

Most people have not started thinking about the political aspect of the aid, ... But when they do, the government is in trouble.

this may take the wind out of their sails.

There will be a long-term questioning of the relationship between the citizenry and the Pakistan state.

Throughout the Arab and Islamic world the feeling is that we are now in top gear for a war of civilizations, a clash of civilizations. Support for the United States is very low and there are no voices within the Muslim world, except for a very few.