[lbo-talk] The Afghan War as a "Loss Leader"

uvj at vsnl.com uvj at vsnl.com
Sat Jul 2 08:55:00 PDT 2005


Chris Doss wrote:


>BTW that Moscow, Delhi, Beijing and Teheran should all
>view a US presence in the region as being preferable
>to continued Taliban control of Afghanistan says
>something about how dangerous they perceived the
>Taliban as being.>

I agree with Chris. However, it's more than Taliban control of Afghanistan that was and is at stake. It has to do with the possibility of Talibanisation of _Pakistani State_, a nuclear weapon state. Moreover, AQKhan was running a nuclear Wal-Mart for many years.

Ulhas



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