Substitute India for Israel and Pakistan for "palestine". Same strategy-different location. Except this location would greatly help China make a move on Taiwan or the shipping lanes.
BTW, if Musharraf puts all of his forces on the border, who's left to contain the jihadists and prevent his overthrow? It could be that Bush is talking to Putin about a lot more than a new ABM agreement...
17 posted on 05/23/2002 4:56:55 PM PDT by Lion's Cub