Michael Krepon Pakistan Quotations

New Delhi has adopted an enlightened approach to helping Pakistan during this tragedy, and a backward approach to accepting foreign humanitarian assistance on its side of the Kashmir divide.

Well one thing I suspect Pakistanis would like to hear is that their textiles are welcome in the United States and that domestic constraints on foreign goods will be relaxed for a partner as Pakistan is a partner of the United States, that's one issue. I think Pakistanis would probably also like to hear that President Bush understands why there is so much anger in the Islamic world, anger about the cavalier and disrespectful approach in many Western capitals toward central tenants of the Islamic faith.

This is a very serious competition. If present trends continue, India and Pakistan could very well have greater nuclear capabilities than France and Great Britain, looking down the road.

If the prime minister of Pakistan does not test, he is viewed within the country as selling out national security for Uncle Sam and the International Monetary Fund. And if he does test, then the country's economic straits, which are very severe ... will grow worse.