Re: Mushy extra ordinary…Rice `winks’ mushy..
mending fences w/Israel is part a deal - the only way Bush can get Pakistan assistance in nuclear energy matters. Knowledgable people are correctly interpreting the US India nuclear deal as an economic coup for energy hungry India. Bush cannot openly give that to Pakistan (until either Osama is caught or AQK organization is seen publicly disbanded), so they’re creating the Israel channel.
In addition to support in Afganistan & nuc.(non)proliferation, US also needs two more things from Pakistan - osama and further change in Kashmir posture