Matt Yglesias, my favorite blogger, deftly points out that David Brooks contention that a Taliban victory in Afganistan would be bad for Pakistan is false. While a Taliban victory would be bad for countless Afganis and humanity in general, Pakistan has not looked happily upon Hamid Karzai’s outreach to India and would favor a regime less friendly to India, who the Pakistanis still view as their largest threat despite all the problems the Taliban is giving them.