The Pakistan Problem: Adviser’s Views Provide Clues to Obama Approach

The Pakistan Problem: Adviser’s Views Provide Clues to Obama Approach

Ten years ago, Bruce Riedel sent a memo to his boss, then-President Bill Clinton. In it, he called Pakistan the most dangerous country in the world. A ticking time bomb.

Riedel's reasons were many. Armed with nuclear weapons, Pakistan sponsored terrorists, was awash in drugs and consistently teetered on the verge of war with neighboring India, its nuclear rival. Later, he called it a "hothouse of terror."

Today, little has changed and Riedel, reportedly tapped as President-elect Barack Obama's Pakistan adviser, continues to bristle at the problems the nation of 165 million people poses for the United States.

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