CIA Chief Leon Panetta has demonstrated the frame of mind he will bring to the Pentagon, where he takes over later this year, in his written answers to the Senate Armed Services Committee, which he submitted as part of his confirmation hearings. In these answers, he has said that Pakistan needs to cooperate more fully in the USAs war on terror. He also feels that aid should be used to make Pakistan fulfil American wishes. This is an indication of US thinking overall, with the aid weapon to be used to force the action it wants, irrespective of what Pakistans own national interests are. Panetta also showed that not only will he bring to the Pentagon an attitude towards Pakistan that seems to regard it as more of an enemy than an ally, but in heading the CIA, something he will do for much of this year also, he has not been its friend. He probably still bears a grudge for the refusal to kowtow to American 'imperial diktat and acknowledge contract CIA operative Raymond Davis as a diplomat and release him forthwith after he killed two Pakistani young men in Lahore. The American policy, which Leon Panetta backs, is based on complete cooperation by the government with the USA, but allowing such freedom is dangerous, not because it works against Pakistani sovereignty, but because other powers could get involved. The Russian attitude to the Khrotabad incident in Quetta shows why. Though the incident took place on Pakistani soil, and though only Pakistani police were involved, Russia has taken up the incident as the women killed were Russian citizens. It also indicates that Russia wants to take its place on the world stage once more, and take on the USA. This follows soon after President Zardaris Russia visit. Russia is clearly seeking an ally in the region now that India has abandoned it, after having been its closest ally in the region throughout the Cold War. Since the killings took place because the killed women were seen as suspected extremists, the death must be ascribed to the USA. The statement by a Russian diplomat, that USA cannot be given carte blanche to kill with drone strikes, must be taken seriously. The government must make it clear to the USA that it cannot any longer tolerate the present situation where it considers itself free to kill Pakistani citizens in the name of the war on terror, and before the USA tries any aid blackmail, should make it clear that such tactics would be met by ending the alliance. The alliance should have ended some time ago anyway, and it must be done now, with Pakistan ready for the worst. What will the USA do? Nothing it has not already done, or threatened to.