Eggplant – i agree. war there looks inevitable, and if that’s the case, sooner than later is better. momentum is everything. and if it comes to nuclear exchanges, i notice that Pakistan’s main nuclear weapons facility is some kilometers west of Islamabad in the FATA. that’d provide a nice opportunity to do what needs to be done in the tribal wastes in the most palatable possible way (PRwise). i know people don’t want to hear that kind of talk but i think those people are, unfortunately, wrong. (a la “worse than a crime – a mistake”)

anyway, i hope we have some capable strategists working behind the scenes on all this.