First We Got the Bomb, and That Was Good

Slate reports that all the high end weaponry we're selling to our new bestest buddies in Pakistan is signally ill-suited for fighting the Taliban or other groups using guerilla tactics… but it sure would be handy in a conventional conflict with India. Meanwhile, Condi Rice says that AQ Khan, the "father" of Pakistan's nuclear bomb and apparently also the Wilt Chamberlain of rogue state fission on the side, has been sufficiently "punished" by national humiliation.