From: "Geo." 

"Adam Flinton"  wrote in message
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> Why is it that Pakistan was subject to similar pressures wrt to it's Nuke
> program but now......hey let's welcome the Pakistani's to the nuke club?

I don't pretend to understand how the nuke club works.

> Nope I see the exact opposite. Raise the "fear factor" &
increase the
> foreign policy drive

Why did NK admit they have a nuke program now? Why not last year or next
year? That was the start of their current crisis was it not?

> So why isn't Pakistan in this "Axis"? Swaps info & buys
stuff from NK.
Seems
> like it's just as much part of the Axis as anyone else.

 Because Musharraf is a reasonable man? There is still a lot of concern over
who controls the nukes in Pakistan, they seem to be comfortable with
Musharraf but they are not convinced he can remain in control. Should
someone friendly to al Qaeda come into power in Pakistan I guarantee you
their nukes will again be considered an extreme threat.

> Bollox. Iran helped with the destruction of the Taliban & a lot of
Al-Qaeda.

bull, certain fractions in Iran tried to help but by and large most of the
people in control there are helping al Qaeda not working against them.

> Mr Bush wants to get re-elected

I have no problem with that one.

> The US econ is in the toilet.

it's recovering quickly now, I see the numbers by state for our sales and
it's definitely coming back. By election time it should be in full growth
mode.

> Presidents who preside over econs in the toilet tend not to get
re-elected.

Oh crap, the reason Bush 1 lost the election is because it was a 3 way race
instead of 2 where the third party was more acceptable to republicans than
democrats so it split the repub vote. That had far more to do with how the
election turned out than the economy.

Geo.

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