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...course, the conflict in Pakistan is intimately linked to our own battle against the Taliban in Afghanistan. As the Bush administration’s misguided and horrendously expensive war in Iraq winds down, we are happy to see that President Obama is redirecting our military and reconstruction efforts to bring peace and stability to that war-torn country and hope that, if the situation stabilizes in that country, the same will happen in Pakistan’s frontier areas...
...closer link to its former Cold War ally, pledging billions of dollars in military aid and equipment to Islamabad. But Pakistan’s anti-Taliban stance did not signal a genuine commitment to change its repressive domestic regime. Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, whom President George W. Bush praised as one of America’s strongest allies in the war on terror, was the fourth military dictator to seize power in that troubled nation’s six decades of existence. Last year, Musharraf was forced to resign by a democratically elected coalition government, but conditions...
...While cutting off aid to Pakistan entirely would be a poor decision given the critical situation on the ground, it is important for the United States to reconsider its current policy of unconditional aid to the Pakistani government. In the 1980s, the George H.W. Bush administration wisely imposed arms-export controls on Islamabad, ending the export of nuclear-capable F-16 fighter jets when confronted with evidence of Pakistan’s underground nuclear program. These restraints were tightened on President Clinton’s watch when Pakistan exploded its first nuclear bomb in May 1998. But, after the Musharraf...
...President, turn around and look behind you. No one is following.' Vice President JOE BIDEN, recalling his rebuke to George W. Bush after the then President proclaimed himself a "leader" during a private meeting...
...hate to say this, but he's a serial exaggerator. If I was being unkind, I would say liar.' Ex--Bush aide Karl Rove, disputing Biden's recollection...