[Old Teufel Hunden]

"Although, A.Q Khan's nuclear gunrunning supply chain was very much in full swing during Benazir Bhutto."

Okay, I may have been wrong about them actually going nuclear on her watch. However, you admit I was right on the second part. She knew about the program to go nuclear. Which was my point. She was not perfect, but we're not looking for perfect in Pakistan. Just a reliable partner and I believe she would have been one.

[ravager]

You are still wrong. The Taliban was created and they came into power in Afghanistan under her watch. And lets for a moment assume that she is most reliable .... you are still forgetting the most importing thing. She is a civilian. In Pakistan it is the Army and ISI that is the “establishment”. They control everything. There is no way around it. In fact Bhutto's party the PPP is currently in power and her husband Asif Ali Zardari is the President. Even that of little consequence. They cant go against the will of the Army and stay in power for even a single day.

[ravager]

And if Bhutto/Zardari cannot go against the wishes of the Army then your contention that somehow they would still make a reliable partner is just plain wishful thinking.