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Is Pakistan Displacing Iran as Most Urgent Foreign Polciy Objective for Conservatives?

Irancove @ November 19, 2007 # No Comment Yet

Jim Lobe weighs in on an article by Michael O’Hanlon and Fred Kagan with “mind-blowing” suggestions such as sending in troops to Pakistan to remove their nuclear weapons and move them to New Mexico:

It’s unquestionably premature to conclude that Pakistan may displace Iran as the most urgent foreign-policy challenge likely to be faced by the […]

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The Tom Friedman of 2002 has not gone anywhere

Irancove @ November 19, 2007 # No Comment Yet

Thomas Friedman in the NYT:

Vice President Cheney is the hawk-eating hawk, who regularly swoops down and declares that the U.S. will not permit Iran to develop a nuclear weapon. Trust me, the Iranians take his threats seriously. But Mr. Cheney’s Dr. Strangelove imitation is totally wasted with President Bush and Secretary of State Condi […]

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