1) Pakistan is not the US.
2) AQK aquired the technology by nefarious means from Europe.
3) He sold it to rogue nations such as Libya, N.Korea
4) Pakistan was hiding these transactions unlike the US - obvious pangs of guilt here, trying to protect aid
5) Finally, given the nebulous nexus between the govt, isi, khan labs and terrorist outfits, suspicions that AQK is capable of selling such weapons to terorrist orgs such as Al Qaeda, Hizbolla and LeT are not far fetched.
The CIA allowed it to happen and told the Dutch to back off. Read the news.
So has the US.
Don't ask don't tell. You should know how apt that is.
Right and you were whining on about conspiracy theories. You are truly pathetic verizon.
Don't you have an thread to reply to in Pak1? You know the one where South Koreas are culturally different than Pakistan and thus their economic policies are different?
The question was whether AQK is a criminal - and the answer is a resounding Yes on all these grounds. Which is amplified by his own government's actions on him when it hit the fan.
Problem is, many losers like you think he is a hero and so the saga continues.
Aww you don't want to discuss how the south korean formation of the face helps their economic policies? Or rather discuss how the law is only applicable to the US?
^ ? er what? either you've given up holding the marbles intact or confusing threads...either case, it's such a bore. Please stop embarassing yourself so kiddo
This coming from a man who said: Pakistanis are very different from Koreans in terms of culture, ethics and ability to change
Now back on topic, how is AQ Khan a criminal? Selling arms technology is a legitmate business. The US does it. The EU does. The Chinese do it. Heck Russia does it.
Just so you don't get away with lying - that was in response to your nonsensical comparison of Pakistan to Asian Tigers.
As to why AQK is a criminal - I have given you the reasons before in this very thread, so use your scroll wheel button mouse or whatever other American technology you use
No dumbass. Re-read the thread where you use neo-classical bull**** and apply it to the developing countries. I showed you that the Asian tigers did the exact opposite and you went all racist talking about their society.
Economics doesn't give a damn about skin color even though you do.
Yeah and i refuted them and you ignored my post. So re-read it and answer my points.
CM, DD - for some reason you keep comparing Pakistan with other countries, and that is an unnacceptable arguement. US can do a lot of things that Pakistan cannot. Difference between developed and underdeveloped for one thing.
Similarly, the reasons US arms certain regimes are mostly of a positive intent whereas AQK did it for nefarious reasons.
The acts by AQK and Pakistan are like murder. The acts by the US are like that of a judge awarding capital punishment. You can see both as killing but some application of common sense will let you readily see the difference.
I am enlightened by your pity argument that you have no idea what you are saying when you post your arguments.
Ethics are ethics and rules should be same for all. We have not seen any negative impact of the great AQ Khan act but we have seen result of Saddam weaponization!
What was the positive intent there?
War with Iran? or Killings of people with gas? or positive economy for US?
Can you please make to the point argument, besides just saying whatever you want to say…
I don't think you're enlightened at all, since you say you don't see any -ve impact from AQK's crimes.
Until you understand the fundamental difference between Pakistan and other countries especially democracies, the truth will remain unpalatable to you. Don't you think it is embarassment for a nation to have to disown its own government's actions and resort to blaming individuals? The only other alternative being AQK acted on his own w.o the govt's knowledge, In either case the govt comes of as incapable of controlling such technology, which goes back to the starting position that Pakistan and USA should not be compared.
And where are the ethics in the said disowning? what rules did you apply for stealing?
This funny jammies is like Gog's and Mog's, every night he goes to bed wipping, crying, trying to find ways how to put up a negative picture about Pakistan and finally gets an idea, post it here on GS and goes to bed. Next day gets up, comes to GS thinking he may have convinced few but to his surprise people get back to him even stronger and he starts over.
Hey here's a hint for you how to be successfull. Repeat after me and the people here on GS will be your witness...here we go. "La ilaha illallah Muhammadur Rasulallah"