Iran May Be Bombastic, But Pakistan Has The Bomb

[Purveyor]

If you think Iran is scary, just consider what would happen if Islamic extremists took over Pakistan. It's a very real possibility in that increasing worrisome country that helped spawn to the Taliban, and which Foreign Policy magazine has called "the country most likely to transfer nuclear technology to terrorists." That is the conclusion of 69 of 100 national security experts surveyed for the publication's "Terrorism Index 2008." More than half responded that Pakistan is "most likely to serve as al-Qaida's next home base."

"We're all really worried that a radical theocracy like Iran will get the bomb, but what if the bomb gets a radical theocracy?" asked a Washington defense analyst speaking on background.

Iran may be getting all the attention from Israel and the United States, but shaky Pakistan is the only Islamic nuclear power.

Iran may boast of great strides in its pursuit of nuclear, missile and satellite technology, but analysts say its progress is no match for its overblown rhetoric.

BUT PAKISTAN doesn't need to boast. It already has a stockpile estimated at 60 or more nuclear warheads and North Korean ballistic missiles and US-made F-16s to deliver them; target one is India, but in the hands of an extremist Islamist regime that could easily shift to Israel.

Washington has reportedly spent more than $100 million to help secure Pakistan's nuclear arsenal, although it does not even know its size or location.

Pakistan is a failed nation state. It has an unstable government on the verge of collapse, a tenuous flirtation with democracy, a coup-inclined military with ties to the Taliban, and an upcoming presidential election in which the front-runner's lawyers contend he suffers from dementia and depression. It also has sold nuclear technology to Iran, Libya and North Korea.

Growing Islamization of state institutions and policies, notably the schools, is legitimizing religious extremism. Many Taliban trace their roots to Pakistani madrassas.

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[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Israel has the bomb too, right? Form our stockpiles or something?

[gateley]

2. Which Biden EXPLAINED to us way back in a debate when he was still

in the running for President.

[Bobbieo]

3. Cheney is setting up WW3 while we all have our panties in a wad over the election.

[gateley]

4. Yep - rumor has it that Iran is in their sites in the very near future.

We're oblivious. As is the MSM.