wretchard -

You said: “If the West ever nukes the Muslims after having failed, through laziness and woolie-headedness, to persuade them or to resist their thugs then I think it stands condemned as a civilization.”

What are we to persuade them of? That we really are the nice guys? I doubt you would forget they know “the one true thing”. Allah is supreme for them and nothing else matters. Let’s put it this way, what would they do should the situation be reversed? My bet is that we would be living in radioactive cities right now. How we avoid your conjectures becoming reality is the really, really tough part. For me, I do not believe we can once nukes become more common in the region. In fact, I think that should the Paks fall to the Taliban it is just a matter of time before one of the Pak nukes ends up in NYC, LA, DC or any of many near port cities.

Nahncee – The Paks have had nukes for years as have the Indians. Where have you been?