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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (33787)	8/31/2000 10:33:59 AM
From: microhoogle!	Respond to of 769668

Lines of communication between Pakistan and US will be broken and then there will no influence on Pakistan whatsoever. Somehow US needs to prevail over Pakistani leadership to discourage it from such activities. BTW: Dubya has a favorable impression about the pakistani dictator. That is the impression I got during his pop quiz.

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (33787)	8/31/2000 11:25:28 AM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769668

"What do you think would be the consequences if we did that?" Sorry for butting in but I couldn't resist. Pakistan has been an economically poor country for some time. In addition, the system is so corrupt that it has paralized the existing economy. The military dictator was supported in his take over because he promised to eliminate the corruption. He passed several anti-corruption laws and proclaimed stiff penalties if they were not complied with. This was a good start. However, he is a military dictator with no checks and balances on his own power. Big problem in the long term. It would be nice if he would promise to return the country to democratic rule once the corruption was cleaned up. I don't see that happening. There is much opportunity for economic development through business alliances with US companies. We have seen this have a positive effect on other countries and I personally have seen that when Pakistani companies deal with the west, they are happy to do so on western terms. This to me seems a much more progressive avenue to change than the gun boat diplomacies of the past. Of course we do have the most expensive military operation the world has ever known, and it is apparently for sale to the highest bidder.