Did Reagan repubs allow nuclear proliferation in Pakistan, Iran & Korea?

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Under Reagan, Congress passed an aid package for Pakistan in its efforts to supply rebels in Afghanistan. "...In July <1987>, just after Congress had passed legislation authorizing a new aid package to Pakistan, a man widely believed to be (Pakistani President) Zia's agent, Arshad Pervez, was caught in Philadelphia trying to buy twenty-five tons of a specialty steel alloy vital to the building of a nuclear bomb.

"there was a Solarz amendment on the books that would force the White House to stop all aid. There was no realistic way to avoid it: Congress was going to cut Zia off…"

However:

"The CIA's proxy war in Afghanistan and killing Russian soldiers trumped the national security interests of the United States in preventing nuclear proliferation. The (CIA's) cover story was the ostensible belief the United States would be able to control Pakistan's atomic program."

"That delusion was publicly shattered in recent months when the Pakistani nuclear black market program to arm Iran, Libya and North Korea was finally exposed. The collaboration between Pakistan and the other countries had long been suspected."

From a book review of "Charlie Wilson's War"
http://nwcitizen.com/wic/BookReviews/CharlieWilsonsBetrayal.html