All Roads Lead To Ronnie

by digby

Last night I pointed everyone to Seymour Hersh’s new article about the Pakistan nuclear danger, but Jonathan Schwartz found a little historical nugget in it that’s very interesting. A retired Pakistani officer is quoted saying,”The only good thing the United States did for us was to look the other way about an atomic bomb when it suited the United States to do so.” That was during the Reagan administration of course. Jonathan excerpts a fascinating article from The Consortium about this which includes the observation:

[T]his history remains a taboo topic for many within the Washington Establishment, especially those who look back favorably on the Reagan presidency.

Yeah, no kidding. As Jonathan pithily remarks:

The Reagan administration and its foreign policy is truly the gift that keeps on giving to America.

Read the whole thing. It’s short but fascinating.

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