When something blows up in Israel it gets my attention because like a lot of Americans I have friends living in Israel. I don’t live there, so I can’t say if this is an accurate statement: Correct me if I am wrong; but from what I see and read not much is mentioned in Israel about a threat from Pakistan.
The talk about a nuclear Iran make it appear as though Iran already has nuclear tipped missiles aimed at Israel. The reality is there is just a possibility that Iran may have nuclear weapons someday.
I think that Israeli politicians are crying wolf to get votes. While this worry is lavished on Iran the Taliban and Al Qaeda is rapidly gaining control in Pakistan. As the article below states Pakistan has 80 to 100 nuclear weapons. It also has and nuclear missiles and nuclear capable aircraft. What country do you think a Taliban controlled Pakistan would have as a bull’s eye?
July 23, 2009
Op-Ed Columnist
Terror Creeps Into the Heartland
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
KARACHI, Pakistan
It was the home of a Muslim religious teacher, but he was stockpiling more than copies of the Koran. His house blew up this month in a thunderous explosion that leveled much of his village and could be heard six miles away. Police reported that he was storing explosives, rockets, grenades and suicide vests.
But perhaps what was most dispiriting was that this arsenal, apparently intended for terror attacks, was not in the tribal areas in the northwest of Pakistan where the Taliban and Al Qaeda have long conducted operations. Rather this was in the southern part of Punjab, the Pakistani heartland.
More at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/23/opinion/23kristof.html?_r=1
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