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Pakistans reaction does not take into account that a frustrated Trump,
whose presidency hangs in the balance, may be looking for a splendid
little war to divert domestic attention from his dismal and
embarrassing performance at home and whip up support for the chief
slaying monsters abroad. North Korea is not on the menu because
China would intervene in any American assault. It is less clear what
Chinas reaction would be to another Abbottabad-like assault on targets
in Pakistan beyond robust denunciation.
The writer is a former ambassador to the US, India and China and
head of UN missions in Iraq and Sudan.