Pakistan: our worst foreign problem?

[Wonky Pundit]

Here are Sen. Charles Schumer's recent remarks:

"I would guess that our No. 1 foreign-policy problem over the next 10 years will be Pakistan," Schumer told the CBS Early Show. "It's nuclear. It's poor. It's ethnically divided and it's never had good leadership."

 

[iamwhatiseem]

China faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar surpasses this.

 

[FuelRod]

I think the entire Middle East is our worst foreign problem.

 

[xsited1]

Charles Schumer was talking about the State he represents, not Pakistan.

BTW, I do agree with this:

Ted Poe introduces legislation to freeze Pakistan aid if leaders knew bin Laden was there | Texas on the Potomac | a Chron.com blog

 

[Toro]

Moreso than Iran?

Not.

 

[Zander]

We need to end all foreign aid and nation building. We cannot afford it.

 

[Wonky Pundit]

Charles Schumer was talking about the State he represents, not Pakistan.

New York has its own nukes?

 

[freedombecki]

I think the entire Middle East is our worst foreign problem.

Agreed.

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[Sallow]

Here are Sen. Charles Schumer's recent remarks:

"I would guess that our No. 1 foreign-policy problem over the next 10 years will be Pakistan," Schumer told the CBS Early Show. "It's nuclear. It's poor. It's ethnically divided and it's never had good leadership."

Yes and no.

 

[Sallow]

Charles Schumer was talking about the State he represents, not Pakistan.

New York has its own nukes?

You've never met Bloomberg..

 

[Trajan]

Moreso than Iran?

Not.

Iran will get its nukes. then.....for now? Pakistan......Schumer, and I don't say this often, is right.

 

[Trajan]

We need to end all foreign aid and nation building. We cannot afford it.

As a Buckley con. I hear that and have said so, for a while. We need to get out of Afghanistan and come up with a plan to interdict as we see fit.

Mark my words, the Bush doctrine ala preventive 'war'(incursions) as in dropping in on camps etc. set up to do us harm will become the norm, watch. Inside 5 years it will be so, sooner perhaps.


AQ Khan for instance started way back, and the ISI et al all knew, just like the knew OBL was where he was.....all along.

Anyone remember the movie Crimson Tide? Those missiles taken over and in launch mode will be in Pakistan.

 

[Toro]

Moreso than Iran?

Not.

Iran will get its nukes. then.....for now? Pakistan......Schumer, and I don't say this often, is right.

Pakistan is critical in the war on terror.

 

[Wonky Pundit]

We need to end all foreign aid and nation building. We cannot afford it.

What the US is actually paying for is influence in these regions. The real question is whether we can afford to give up that influence. (And I'm not saying yes or no, here. IMO it has to be evaluated case by case.)

 

[Triton]

China faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar surpasses this.

Agreed

 

[Triton]

We need to end all foreign aid and nation building. We cannot afford it.

Agreed