meatcleaver
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ORIGINAL: luckydog1 In case you didn't notice, there was a Coup in Pakistan in 1999. The previous government was the one who was selling nuke parts and was very hostile to the USA, and basically put the Taliban in power. The Taliban were formed in Pakistan, and the Pakistani Army aided in them in most of their early battles. The CURRENT Gov is an ally of the USA, and has tried to calm the region, and is not proliferating nuke materials. It doesn't get much press coverage but the Pakistan v India problem is huge, one of the major problems in the world. They were testing Atom bombs on each others borders in the late 90s. This is an Issue where Bush's diplomacy has been excelent. It changes nothing, Pakistan is still an unstable country that can implode and the US doesn't seem that interested in the fact it has nukes. Just because the regime isn't officially selling nuclear technology doesn't mean disident scientists aren't, there is no real central control and very little loyalty to the government which is why the Pakistani government can't be as robust against terrorism as the Bush administration would like. How many attempts has their been on the Pakistani Presidents life? Three? four? seven? Ten? We will probably never know and the Pakistani government doesn't control most of the tribal areas to the east of the country and the ones it does, it colludes with the Taliban. Very stable indeed.
< Message edited by meatcleaver -- 2/15/2007 1:59:33 AM >
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