[lbo-talk] Russia/foreign policy/ Pakistan

Chris Doss lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com
Mon Feb 28 09:09:25 PST 2005


uvj at vsnl.com:

US has a contigency plan for Pakistan, in case AQ sympathisers capture power there.I don't know, whether that would involve US seizing Pakistani nukes. Does Russia have any plan?

-- Not that I know of. I don't see what Russia could do -- Russia doesn't have any troops in the area. (Theoretically I suppose it could send it special forces/OMON men.) If those nukes were ever used, it would probably be Russia in third place after India and Israel as a target, so it is a pretty alarming thought. --

Iranians being shias are against wahabis and are anti-taliban, anti bin laden.

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That's one reason Moscow has cultivated such close relations with Teheran. The Iranians are viewed as a moderating force in Central Asia.

===== Nu, zayats, pogodi!

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