FRONT PAGE: "In Pakistan, 'Great Rage, Great Fear': Refugees Fleeing Swat Valley Tell of Taliban Crimes, Abuses," by Pamela Constable and Haq Nawaz Khan, Washington Post, 7 May 2009.

Sometimes you have to try the dealmaking and fail in order to convince your leadership and people that stronger measures are required.

I think, therefore, that the Swat truce deal has worked magnificently well by speeding up Pakistan's recognition of what must come next.

Terrible fate for the innocent victims in Swat, but better for the country and the world.