One of our greatest concerns regarding Al-Quaida is that they find a way to obtain a nuclear weapon. I submit that perhaps our concerns have been misdirected, as I believe that our gravest threat is that within a few short years, waaay before Iran develops a nuclear weapon, Al-Quaida will obtain a nuclear country i.e., Pakistan. While we have dithered about chasing Al-Qaida, and their lackey Taliban brethren, around the various dirt farms of Afghanistan, they have been surgically eliminating, tribal head by tribal head (literally), all resistance to their presence in Northwestern Pakistan tribal areas. With advent of the removal of President Musharraf from office, and the murder of Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan is ripe for a fundamentalist Muslim revolution. If the US thinks Iranian President Imanutjob is a threat, just wait until Al-Quaida gets control of a state with a real nuclear arsenal backed by an actual Western style economy. Too bad about Musharraf. He seems like a decent guy, but we hung him out to dry for far too long, allowing extremists to infiltrate the political core of his country.
As Robin Williams has asked, “How come we can’t find a guy that is 6’7″ and has to be hooked up to a dialysis machine?” Forget Iran and find Bin-Laden. Soon it will be too late. It still appears that this is the only way the spread of this cancer will slowed, if not stopped.
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