In this country, selling secrets to other countries – even to allies (Jonathon Pollard, line 1) – is considered treason. Selling nuclear secrets is the height of treason. Not so in Pakistan:
Pakistani newspapers called for a pardon for Khan, who founded the covert nuclear program in the 1970s to produce a formidable military deterrent against the Islamic nation’s bitter rival India. Pakistan conducted a successful test in 1998.
Think about this the next time you hear the leftist canard that the US is the worst rogue regime in the world or the most irresponsible proliferator.
UPDATE: And of course, Pakistani nuclear scientist pardoned…
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