Musharraf loses the tribal regions

From the "In case anyone cares anymore" category, the second major peace deal in Pakistan's tribal regions has collapsed.

For the second time in two months, a truce designed to curb militancy in the tribal areas of northwestern Pakistan was declared void this weekend by Taliban fighters.

The apparent collapse of the deal in the restive South Waziristan area followed the scrapping of a similar deal in neighboring North Waziristan in July, and comes as there are escalating tensions in both areas. On Sunday, the Pakistani military reported killing 15 insurgent fighters near the town of Mir Ali in North Waziristan.

Look, I'm more than willing to accept the argument that these peace deals were next to nothing, but, with the Pakistani military unable to substantially enter these regions and a commitment from the Bush administration not to enter these regions, we now have actually nothing.