Friday, March 18, 2005

Common interests

'Brothers' in arms

Pakistan's military made much money from the transfer of technology. It also quietly got back at the US for having used it in Afghanistan and then neglected it thereafter.

Not sure I understand, exactly. I would have thought by selling just enough Nuclear technology to Iran to make them look guilty of being Bomb-aspirationals, but not quite enough to actually have a weapon, it is the perfect set-up.

Iran has the know-how or soon will have. A rationale for invasion.

THIS time, unlike Iraq's WMD hokes, the U.S. will not forget the gravy.

Meanwhile, in Baluchistan, which borders Iran;

The tribesmen want more returns for the natural resources extracted from their territories and oppose the military's moves to set up garrisons.