Thought while sipping a pint of Hacke-Pschorr at the local biergarten: It could be that the Pakistani secret service has a whole passel of bad guys under its surveillance, ready to be handed over one or two at a time. I mean, they bankrolled the Taliban for years and still run the Kashmir Liberation Front, so they would have some contact with the Osama crew, wouldn't they? So what will be the quid pro quo for them to find more of them to hand over to our interrogators?
And along the same lines, what secret promises will be made to Turkey to change its mind over admitting GIs onto its soil for a "northern front"? Regional powers have always found ways to manipulate superpowers. One major drawback of the current "let's make a deal" diplomacy is its utter lack of transparency -- and lack of accountability to electorates here and abroad, all under the rubric of national security.
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And along the same lines, what secret promises will be made to Turkey to change its mind over admitting GIs onto its soil for a "northern front"? Regional powers have always found ways to manipulate superpowers. One major drawback of the current "let's make a deal" diplomacy is its utter lack of transparency -- and lack of accountability to electorates here and abroad, all under the rubric of national security.
- bruno 3-03-2003 11:15 pm