way. and he was stroking my hand. and i was bloody terrified because, you know, the cameras, they re everywhere. i said to him, can i have my hand back, and i had to pull my hand free of his. and then another nurse said that s tom. he s a gay. and i just thought how does he get away with it in saudi arabia where being homosexual is a crime. we had spent three weeks there. there was hardly any west nurses in their hospital. you re confined to this apartment, and you re basic going from there to work. so there wasn t a lot to do. i was bored.
to hell in a very flamboyant way. and he was stroking my hand. and i was bloody terrified because, you know, the cameras, they re everywhere. i said to him, can i have my hand back, and i had to pull my hand free of his. and then another nurse said that s tom. he s a gay. and i just thought how does he get away with it in saudi arabia where being homosexual is a crime. we had spent three weeks there. there was hardly any westerners in their hospital. you re confined to this apartment, and you re basic going from there to work. so there wasn t a lot to do. i was bored.
to hell in a very flamboyant way. and he was stroking my hand. and i was bloody terrified because, you know, the cameras, they re everywhere. i said to him, can i have my hand back, and i had to pull my hand free of his. and then another nurse said that s tom. he s a gay. and i just thought how does he get away with it in saudi arabia where being homosexual is a crime. we had spent three weeks there. there was hardly any west nurses in their hospital. you re confined to this apartment, and you re basic going from there to work. so there wasn t a lot to do.
to hell in a very flamboyant way. and he was stroking my hand. and i was bloody terrified because, you know, the cameras, they re everywhere. i said to him, can i have my hand back, and i had to pull my hand free of his. and then another nurse said that s tom. he s a gay. and i just thought how does he get away with it in saudi arabia where being homosexual is a crime. we had spent three weeks there. there was hardly any west nurses in their hospital. you re confined to this apartment, and you re basic going from there to work. so there wasn t a lot to do.
more significant. but we shouldn t underestimate how difficult it is to do what the senator just talked about in rooting out extremism. this is a region that no one has been able to deal with. historically it s been a problem in the region. and many in pakistan and the isi is helped fund and fuel some of what we ve seen in the western region as their way of maintaining strategic assets in balance in their competition with india. so it sounds crazy, but the form of terrorism, what we saw unfold and it bit the hand back today is something the pakistani government has been complicit with. and that s the complexity of this for us. we had the commander of the pakistan general staff, the army and town here last week. it s not a comfortable relationship. we have to talk a lot. pakistan is not really an ally. it s more like the worst frenemy you could ever imagine. senator casey, what can we do about that? well, lawrence, i think we have to continue to engage and continue the efforts that