Sharp exchanges that take place behind the curtains inside the conference hall

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The Washington talks Not infrequently, the appearances of the leaders before the mediaafter their talks are deceptive. They put on cheerful faces even onheated arguments and sharp exchanges that take place behind the curtains inside the conference hall. One hopes that the bonhomiethat President Bush and Prime Minister Gilani put on display forthe benefit of the mediapersons after their Washington parleys werefor real, although the toing and froing of top American militarycommanders to Islamabad, statedly with tough messages, in theserecent days leaves one with a sense of great unease and discomfortabout the real contents of these talks. Their true contours will,of course, become known once the substance of the discussionsbetween the two leaders gets leaked out, as it happens inevitablymore often than not. But as Bush was pledging respect toPakistan