The Boston Globe, 2 January 2008IN THE AFTERMATH of Benazir Bhutto's murder, domestic power struggles are shaping, or distorting, debates about how she was killed, what becomes of her Pakistan People's Party, and when to hold pending elections. Given Pakistan's geopolitical importance, and the likelihood that any overt American meddling in those power struggles will exacerbate resentment of the United States, the Bush administration must avoid any temptation to play the puppeteer in Pakistan.Americans cannot be indifferent to what is going on in Pakistan, or about control of its nuclear weapons. In the past, the father of Pakistan's nuclear weapons program, A. Q. Khan, peddled nuclear technology and hardware to Iran, North Korea, and Libya. Pakistan's military establishment had to know about Khan's proliferation activities. Today, Pakistan is the likeliest source of nuclear weapons falling into the hands of undeterrable extremists. More>>>
