Yes you may, but that claim is simply not true.
No so fast. For all Tenet's claims of "penetration", it's pretty clear that we had no notion of the size or scope of the operation, that AQ Khan was running a Sams Clubs for Libya, Iran and North Korea. That's certainly the impression I got from David Kay.
More than that, whatever we knew before, we had little leverage to stop it. Nothing compared to what we have now that Libya flipped, gave up the goods on the network, and we can lay the evidence on Musharref and demand that he do something to stop it. There is evidence that we can work with Musharref; and until it's clear that we cannot, we should try.
Exactly the process you claim was insufficient with regard to Iraq
It was insufficient with Iraq, because Iraq was run by Saddam Hussein. A murderous megalomaniac dictator who was our enemy. Musharref is not in that league. It doesn't mean that our current efforts with Pakistan are sufficient, either, but they might be. I don't know. It does mean that other tools than invasion are appropriate.
You seem to have this "one size must fit all" bee in you bonnet, about how if we apply a foreign policy one place, we must do it everywhere. Where do you get this peculiar notion? Each situation is different, and we are not running by your abstract notions of "fair" but by the limits of our power and the urgency of the threats. |
