Pakistan Zeroes in on Zealots

"When the violent strand of Islam eventually collapses of its inherent contradiction, that day may have been foreseen in the siege at Pakistan's Red Mosque. If the military uses wise tactics to end the siege well, civilization will be the victor.

The standoff began after the mosque's radical jihadists began to escalate their terrorizing of citizens in the capital, Islamabad. For months, the Muslim militants had been sending self-appointed vice squads onto the streets to enforce their strict version of Islamic law. They accused women of being prostitutes, burned music discs, and abducted police. Pakistani society, which prefers democracy over sharia vigilantism, was fed up....

This crisis also represents, in a microcosm, an attempt by the world's 1 billion, mainly moderate Muslims to stand up to zealots. Al Qaeda and other such groups have lost their "war" to create a united Muslim state because of their violent, antidemocratic tactics. It only takes a civilized response to reveal their lack of appeal."

- rest at www.csmonitor.com/2007/0709/p08s01-comv.html

 

Yes, Pakistan is the real potential problem, not Iran that doesn't have nuclear weapons and has always complied with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

 

Not complying with the U.N. Security Council does not equal not staying within the limits of the NPT.

 

I still have hope that most Americans won't allow themselves to be misled by the neo-"conservatives" a second time.

 

We know from the Iraq debacle, saturneptune, that the neo-"conservatives" don't think that far ahead.

Plus, from what I have read the neo-"conservatives" are itching to commit genocide against the Iranians by using nuclear weapons due to our lack of manpower.