Writing in The New Republic, Leon Wieseltier asks of Pakistan, “how much peril, and for how long, will this tormented place inflict upon the world?” In an article for Democratiya, Terry Glavin, on a visit to neighbouring Afghanistan, relays numerous conversations which shared a common conclusion: “On the question of troop withdrawal, their views were varied and nuanced, but their answer was ultimately the same: Stay.”
The other day, just after the terrorist attack in Mumbai got underway, I thought about writing a very brief post along the lines of “How long will we have to wait before the first op-ed piece that tries to pin at least some of the ultimate blame for this on Israel?”. The answer turns out to be “Only a couple of days”.
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As it’s still too soon to say with any degree of certainty who the Mumbai terrorists are, or who sent them, I’ll confine myself to making a couple of really obvious points.
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