Hearts and Minds in Pakistan.......

The headline is that the Taleban executed two "US spies" in the Bajaur tribal region of Pakistan, but what really got my attention was this,

The two men, one of them a former Taliban fighter, were brought blindfolded before a crowd of several thousand people near the village of Damadola....

The crowd shouted Allahu Akbar (God is Greatest) when the Taliban held up the severed heads of the victims who Rehman said were from the eastern Afghan province of Kunar.

A crowd of thousands cheering at a public beheading of two men alleged to have been associated with the US. That's a long way from hearts and minds. (The BBC reports 5,000.)