‘Don’t Need A Lot Of Religious N**s With Nuclear Weapons’: Bush-Putin Shared ‘Nervous’ Fears Over Pakistan’s Nukes​on December 25, 2025 at 3:02 pm

The records, spanning meetings and phone calls between 2001 and 2008, show that despite forging a close partnership after the 9/11 attacks, Washington and Moscow viewed Pakistan—then under military ruler Pervez Musharraf—as a significant non-proliferation challenge.  The records, spanning meetings and phone calls between 2001 and 2008, show that despite forging a close partnership after the 9/11 attacks, Washington and Moscow viewed Pakistan—then under military ruler Pervez Musharraf—as a significant non-proliferation challenge.