To answer that question, Pakistani novelist Mohsin Hamid, who lived in the U.S. as a boy and returned for college, gives Americans a respectful but necessary lesson on the harm caused by their country's policies.

From the BBC:

Pakistan has again said it opposes any military strike by the United States against Osama Bin Laden, if he is confirmed to be in Pakistan.

Foreign minister Khurshid Kasuri told the BBC public opinion in his country would not tolerate such an attack.

He said he was concerned that any US operation against Bin Laden could lead to dozens of civilian deaths.

Washington has said nothing can be ruled out in the pursuit of the al-Qaeda leader.

White House spokesman Tony Snow said the US recognised Pakistan's sovereignty, but the Bush administration always maintained the option of striking actionable targets.

Earlier Mr Kasuri had said that Bin Laden was not in Pakistan.

On Sunday, White House aides said the U.S. wouldn't rule out using force in Pakistan. Kasuri spoke out soon afterward, saying Pakistani troops were best suited to root out bin Laden and al Qaeda.

Further to my last post, here is another snippet of conversation with some far-off ISP tech support guy, again named Sam:

I explain to Sam that I was connected to the Internet, then the connection suddenly dropped. As a precaution, I shut down the modem, rebooted the computer and restarted the modem.

He seemed to be inputting my output.

Then, not 10 seconds later, Sam asks: "Have you tried shutting down the modem and restarting the computer?"

Aggghhh!!!