because a most grave expression of this crisis are the difficulties, the undeserved difficulties of hussein haqqani until recently pakistan's ambassador to the united states. hussein is an old friend of mine, a former colleague, and a former colleague of other people here at hudson. among other things, together hussein and i founded the journal called current trends in islamist ideology. from the first hussein's interest in this venture was to address and hopefully redress the dangerous and destructive forces abroad in the muslim world generally but also in his native pakistan. in accord with his faith in islam, and as a pakistani patriot, he strived with all his great energy, intelligence, and courage to help to find a way forward for the health of his country, and his relations with other countries including the united states. eventually, it became his lot to pursue that ambition as the pakistani ambassador. his fulfillment of his duties came at a most difficult time in u.s. and pakistani relations. perhaps the most difficult ever. still, hussein took up this task and defended his country and its