This is one of the rare situations where the government cannot be faulted for either decision. Calling off the talks will please many at home but not the international community and many more here who feel that this gauntlet the government will have to walk. Continuing the talks will equally draw flak and support in almost equal measure. If the decision is to continue it has to be accompanied by some tough talking which is visible to the world. As a nation we have patience, loads of it, but once driven to the wall this nation also has the capability to throw everything to the winds. That is the message Pakistan hasn’t heard in a long time. Perhaps it is time to deliver it. How that is done is up to India’s expert diplomats and not less by the famed media.