Moderate Taliban "LUV" Obama - - NOT!

In the Wall Street Journal today:

Pakistani Taliban Leader Vows Attack on Washington

...Mr. Mehsud's claim of credit added to the fears that militant violence which has engulfed much of northwestern Pakistan is now spreading to the nuclear-armed country's eastern heartland, Punjab. The province had until recently been spared much of the violence, although some of Pakistan's most potent Islamic militant groups originated in the region and still draw recruits from its poor, rural villages.

Mr. Mehsud, the 35-year-old supreme commander of the Tehrik-e-Taliban, known as the Pakistan Taliban, also signaled that he may be seeking to widen the scope of his fight beyond Pakistan.

"Soon we will launch an attack in Washington that will amaze everyone in the world," he said in separate remarks to the Associated Press.

Experts say it's unlikely that Mr. Mehsud has the reach to attack the U.S. His forces are mostly concentrated on fighting Pakistan's government. But Pakistani and Western intelligence officials believe Mr. Mehsud has close ties to al Qaeda, which U.S. officials have repeatedly said could be planning its next major terror strike from bases in same tribal areas where Mr. Mehsud is based...