In the twenty-first century as Pakistan's military plays China against the United States, opening up its southern warm water ports to Beijing even as it wrings concessions from it's needy ally on funding, arms supplies and the latest technology, India and the mild Singh are indisputably Washington's card against a rising China.
The appointment of nuclear non-proliferation campaigner Zhang Yan as China's new ambassador to India is a signal that Beijing, averse to the IAEA making an exception for nuclear India is all too aware it must block Delhi by any means.
Interesting item I wasn't expecting.
India's Pakistan policy is a 'work in progress'
With Musharraf having ordered the murder of Bhutto, or at least allowing it to happen, Pakistan is so unstable that I imagine India is very nervous about what will happen next. Who really controls Pakistan's nukes? If it is Musharraf, that can't be very reassuring, as he's proved he'll hold onto power at all costs.
I'm waiting for the investigators' report(s). I'm not convinced of Musharraf's culpability. Bhutto's death weakens him, and he's smart enough to have known that. I do think there's betrayal and I do think there's a link however convoluted, to the Taliban and al Qaeda.
Did you see the actual film of the assassination?
I saw something grainy of a guy's hand going up. There's talk of a mob of supporters mysteriously stopping the motorcade and she stands up, but I don't know what to think of it.
This version of the film convinced me that there was no security for Bhutto when she was offed:
I've seen the network stuff. I'm having trouble watching video with my computer.
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