These are becoming daily headlines

Gunmen, bombs hit 5 sites in Pakistan, 39 die

Hard to know if pace of violence is accelerating, or just that Western journalists are starting to notice.
But... stories like this are becoming much more frequent.

What to do?

Who knows? But I note that pre-9/11 laws would have been sufficient to thwart the 9/11 event... if they'd been enforced.
Carrying box-cutters onto planes was illegal before 9/11 - the airport security folks just didn't take it all that seriously.

Meanwhile, I'm still waiting for someone to demonstrate the feasibility of 2-component liquid explosive concocted in a garage laboratory.
Yeah, I know - the recently discovered plot master-minded by Najibullah Zazi is said to have involved 2-component liquid explosives...
... BUT: our Government has cried "Wolf!" just a few too many times for me to get all excited about this one.
Maybe as the evidence is presented it'll become crystal clear that this plot really was all the Government claims... but I'll wait to see the evidence.

Meanwhile - what to do in Afghanistan & Pakistan?
How 'bout... NOTHING!
Okay - Afghanistan will descend into Taliban hell, and Pakistan might well follow.
BUT: we'll not be there. - I think there's something to be said for that.

As it is, we continue to pursue a military solution to a problem that has been somewhat less-than-well articulated.

Stop the madness!