Anti-Americanism, just like pro-Americanism, is a worldwide trend. Just as every government has policies to deal with globalization, environmentalism, immigration and an aging population, governments also need to prepare for anti-Americanism.

While the missions falling to today's military lend themselves to increasingly "whole of government" solutions, the civilian elements of national power -- what Gates has called the "tools of soft power" -- are insufficient and have been imperfectly integrated into the process.

The US may be in the midst of providing the country with $7.5 billion in aid. But average Pakistanis like the United States less than Al Qaeda and just a little more than the Taliban.