Pakistan: A Strongman's Heartbeat Away from Hell ...

I find it amazing how little coverage the civil violence in Pakistan is receiving here by the way out, far left American media.

It must be because they really can't blame it on George Bush any more than they could blame the failed Saudi terror attack on him from a few weeks back. By reporting the danger these threats pose, they would be forced to support a president who never took his eye off the fact that there are extremely dangerous religious fanatics out there who are trying to kill mass quantities of U. S. civilians by any and every means possible. This would make their president elect Billary look more foppish and phony with her current for/against the Iraq war than John Kerry windsurfing.

Pakistan is a nuclear power and it is in play. There is a significant amount of Pakistani military who are Al-Queda sympathisers and would like to see Musharraf toppled and New York vaporized. Many are insiders with access and influence to Pakistan's nuclear arsenal.

Let no one doubt the following statement: If any of these nut jobs get their hands on a nuke, they will not hesitate to use it. If they are successful, millions would cheer them on. There is no way to understate the significance and horror of this point.

Anywhere is in play. No one is safe. They know this in India, they know this in Russia and they know this in China. These countries deal with their internal issues without a smug and blubbery Keith Olbermann blasting their leadership on a nightly basis. The only places that appears to downplay the significance of the stakes is the majority of the media of Europe and the United States. This is ironic, funny and frightening since London, Paris, New York and Washington are the lunatics targets of choice.

Locally, (for me) people who spend their days lunching at the Four Seasons, passing out kill Bush/Cheney flyer's all over Union Square or buying their bagels each Sunday at Zabars have a lot more to worry about than the value of their co-ops. Hopefully enough will become aware of this before we fold in Iraq and empower these maniacs to heights only we are capable of.


Many killed in Pakistan bombing
BBC News Reporting

A powerful bomb blast in a hotel in the centre of the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar has killed at least 24 people, police and officials say.

Latest reports say part of the hotel, the Marhaba, has collapsed, trapping people inside. The bomb is reported to have gone off in the lobby.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6656933.stm