View From the Bushes

Today Pakistan admitted that its chief nuclear scientist, Abdul Qadeer Khan, provided Iran with centrifuges. In a curious coincidence, I went out to lunch today with a Pakistani consultant. I decided to talk to him about the issue and he said, "Yeah I know that guy, his daughter is really hot." I guess his family lives in the capital city and is part of the upper class, so as a result I guess they went to a lot of the same social functions. He mentioned that not only did he know Qadeer, but that he's sure that Qadeer would recognize him and know who he is if they ran into each other. When you think about this coincidence you have to wonder, what are the odds?

The consultant took quite a few pains to assure me that he didn't agree with what Qadeer had done, but that in his experience he was a nice, down-to-earth guy. I guess things would be too easy if all evil geniuses acted like James Bond villians. I should really begin another subject to flesh out the rest of this entry, but I think I'll pass.

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Ross