>>Ultimately, we may need to invade, after destroying as much as possible of their ability to resist by precision bombing. I'm thinking we let the Pakistanis handle that bit. In exchange, we let them keep the whole damn country. Plus sweeten the deal with some financial aid, because the country probably isn't worth much to them.

The Taliban *are* Pakistanis. They were originally from a Paki fringe group that moved to Afghanistan during the war with the Soviet Union.
Some deal...