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| "The real Axis of Evil is Saudi Arabia-Pakistan-Yemen" |
| 2003-06-10 |
| Interview with Bernard-Henri Levy in Cinderellabloggerfellow. Hat tip to Andrew Sullivan. Two excerpts. Read the whole thing. Q: But the war with Iraq was aimed at Saudi Arabia. According to some experts the alliance between the USA and Saudi Arabia died on September 11, when it turned out that the majority of the terrorists were its subjects. Americans then understood that those they had considered their closest friends in the Persian Gulf were the greatest threat to them. Seizing control of Iraqi oil diminishes their influence. A: Yes, that makes sense too. And it's the only real and coherent argument for this war. However I don't believe it and I don't believe this strategy can be effective. The deadly threat, I repeat, is Pakistan, whose secret services have links with Al-Qaeda. Real ones. There is no need, as in Iraq, to look for bombs, to put together theories about Iraqi intelligence's eventual purchase of nuclear materials from, for example, Ukraine, their processing in Kazakhstan and their export to Afghanistan. In Pakistan everything is already in place: 70-80 warheads, the technology, and scientists who are spiritually close to Islamic fundamentalism, the creators of its nuclear programme. And what's more, there is an ideology which promotes the wider proliferation of this deadly weapon. It was precisely on the trail of the links between these people and Al-Qaeda that I think Daniel Pearl had stumbled. Q: What in your opinion should now happen in the war with international terrorism? A: Without a doubt we must ensure control of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal, introduce some form of joint key. |
| Posted by:11A5S |
| #1 Joint key. Right. I do think we have fairly effective control, though. One of the first deals we worked with Perv, post-911, was what to do in case the Islamists took over or tried to (rumors only but I hope we aren't stupid enough not to have done so). Btw, anyone heard anything about where our subs have been lately? Thought not... |
| Posted by: Kathy K 2003-06-10 19:19:09 |