“…in November 2009, [President Barack] Obama wrote a letter to [Pakistani President Asif Ali] Zardari suggesting that if Pakistan were to go into North Waziristan, the two nations could become ‘long-term strategic partners.’ The letter was hand delivered by General James L. Jones, the national security adviser, who also delivered a warning that the United States would strike anywhere in Pakistan if senior Al Qaeda leaders were discovered. Zardari deferred to the military, and his late reply to Obama was noncommittal. In retrospect, Pakistan had lost an opportunity, because it was the last time Obama would offer something more than a threat-filled relationship.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.]
– Ahmed Rashid, Pakistan on the Brink, Page 151