BB and her close confidents know that open support by the US does not go well with Pakistani public in context of elections or otherwise. The Americans are not naive to ignore this fact but yet they keep pounding on rhetoric irritating public psyche. I believe the PPP leadership has politely conveyed their subtle reservations on such open support.

So what could possibly be the motives behind it? I can think of two; one minor another major. Putting pressure on the honorable judges of Supreme Court vis-à-vis the two ongoing cases which, directly or indirectly, link BB can be taken as minor. But if, God forbid, something happens to BB in another attack identical to Karachi blasts, the country will go into acute turmoil. The Americans will make it a point and takeoutthe nuclear facilities as part of established plan, Condi spoke about in recent interviews. A non-nuclear Pakistan, no matter how destabilized, will not create gripes in US policy-implementers. Pertinently, it is essential to find out the actual culprits behind the Karachi blasts and the relevant groups stop pointing fingers in wrong directions.