Andrew on a Hitchens essay about attacking Al Qaeda inside the borders of Pakistan.
Starting a new war right now (even though it would technically be a continuation of the first war) strikes me as a little irresponsible, given the state of the American military and also given that Pakistan is a nuclear power. However, not pursuing the Taliban and allowing them to rebuild in Pakistan seems at least equally irresponsible. The biggest issue, nuclear arms aside, is this being seen as a unilateral action against Pakistan. I suppose that is what will determine whether or potentially provoking Pakistan is irresponsible. Andrew believes that Obama would be well positioned to make sure it isn't unilateral. I hope that ends up being true because the US cannot afford to lose anymore prestige in the world.
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