Following a meeting with Pakistan's leader, the Senate's second-highest ranking Democrat on Wednesday defended Pakistan's efforts to battle Al Qaeda along its mountainous border with Afghanistan.Speaking with reporters in a conference call from Iraq, Senator Dick Durbin said President General Pervez Musharraf voiced concern over news reports that portray him as not doing enough to eradicate Al Qaeda. "It would be a mistake to conclude that they are not making the effort. I believe they have," Durbin said, citing the deaths of 600 Pakistani soldiers. "I just believe they can be more effective in the way they're doing it."
| Durbin is such a tool. |