tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59324506101124457.post7162526784265344226..comments2024-03-24T21:06:57.039-07:00Comments on FOUSESQUAWK: Pakistan: No Country for JewsGary Fousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17014739065121483409noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59324506101124457.post-85255285075592166842015-03-08T18:25:57.304-07:002015-03-08T18:25:57.304-07:00By the time Bush came along, it was too late... an...By the time Bush came along, it was too late... and he tried to treat Pakistan as a valued ally...<br /><br />But Zia oversaw the sea change in Pakistani politics that dredged up the madrassahs and educated a whole generation in a peculiar fundamentalist brand of Islam, and he did it with the Nixon administration's fervent support.<br /><br />Funding jihadis in Afghanistan, on the other hand, was the work of Ronald Reagan and Charlie Wilson, not Richard Nixon. (See how bipartisan my critique is?)Siarlys Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15083839117838391267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59324506101124457.post-61212973837645955412015-03-08T07:32:03.435-07:002015-03-08T07:32:03.435-07:00Or, alternatively, George W. Bush's.Or, alternatively, George W. Bush's.elwood p sugginsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59324506101124457.post-77331556336022552702015-03-07T17:41:03.751-08:002015-03-07T17:41:03.751-08:00I knew it had to be Nixon's fault.I knew it had to be Nixon's fault.Gary Fousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17014739065121483409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59324506101124457.post-22203781433852317112015-03-07T17:35:44.060-08:002015-03-07T17:35:44.060-08:00It's all because the Nixon administration supp...It's all because the Nixon administration supported the Zia ul-Haq regime.Siarlys Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15083839117838391267noreply@blogger.com