If whichever administration that is currently in the White House refuses to go into Saudi Arabia and overthrow that nest of oil ticks, then I think (after we nuke Iran) our next target should be Pakistan.

And not just “the tribal areas” that abut Afghanistan, but the whole kit and caboodle starting with Musharref, his bunch of terrorist-supporting army people, and especially their local hero Dr. Khan.

We can, of course, use Afghanistan as a jumping-off place to get to Pakistan but I’m not willing to spend a gazillion billion dollars trying to upgrade Afghanistan to the 19th Century when it’s apparent that the problem is Al-Queda and the Taliban hovering next-door and not a bunch of poppy-growing dirt farmers.

Killing terrorists is relatively inexpensive if we don’t have to then stick around and show the locals how wonderful running water can be and that yes, females can be educated, too. Let them discover these niceties on their own — or not. I’m just not willing to pay for dirt farmers to switch over from poppies to wheat if they’re not smart enough to figure it out for themselves.

If we have Israel partnering with us on kicking in Iran’s teeth, I’ll bet India would be on-board in a heartbeat to do the same with their nextdoor neighbor Pakistan.