Inside the warm welcome and promises of a "new beginning" that Pakistan extended U.S. special envoy Richard C. Holbrooke yesterday was a warning that Pakistan expects more from the United States in return for its cooperation against al-Qaeda and the Taliban.

Ok, you sell us kasmir, we don't bomb Islamabad. Good deal, if you know what's good for you.

You didn't think those military jets we sold you have remote kill buttons, did you?