Life

Last night I had dinner with a group of young legislators from India and Pakistan. I sat with 3 Pakistans and 1 Indian and we had an interesting discussion. It was hard to understand everything they said but I took two things away from the dinner. 1. They believe Osama Bin Laden is dead. 2. They wish the U.S. would do more to help the Pakistan people as opposed to the Pakistan government. They may be a little naive in their knowledge of what we are trying to accomplish with our aid but its difficult to explain why we do what we do. At least its difficult to explain it in a diplomatic way: We give aid to Pakistan and former President Musharref because he was a big help in the post 9/11 days and they continue to be great friends and allies in the hunt for terrorists.