collapse in the next few days. >> of course, when we talk about pakistan we talk about afghanistan. many pakistanis are deeply angry over the military presence in the region. >> here to help us wade through this mess and what it may mean for u.s./pakistan relations is cnn's own foreign affairs expert, fareed zakaria. fareed, thanks for joining us. >> pleasure. >> simple question, is pakistan's government going to fall? >> it might, but it doesn't matter. because what you're talking about is the civilian democratically elected government, which doesn't actually run the country. the pakistani military runs the country, particularly on the crucial issues of national security, internal issues relating to terrorism. on those issues, the structural authority and command remains pretty clear. even if you do have this parliamentary coalition collapsing, what will most likely happen is there will be a re-grouping of some form of -- you know, there will be a new set of alliances made, a new prime minister probably comes into office. but it won't change that much on the ground.