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Pakistan- A Stumbling Nuclear Power
Although many people can’t find it on the map, Pakistan could easily be the next major threat to the United States and
the Western world. In the 1960’s, there was a great deal of talk about the domino theory. The fear was that, if one country fell to communalism others would fall too, like a long line of dominoes. Many dismissed the ides-at least until South Vietnam fell, followed quickly by Cambodia and Laos.
Today the greatest threat to the peace and security is racial Islam. It’s been almost 30 years since its first major success, the Ayatollah Khomeini-led Iranian revolution and ousting of the shah in 1979. In the same year the Soviet Union sent troops into neighboring Afghanistan with the intention of spreading atheistic communism. They stayed for 10 bloody years before their defeat by racial Islamists under the leadership of Osama Bin laden, who at that time was receiving arms and support from the united stares. Following defeat in Afghanistan, the soviet empire collapsed.
President Musharraf has himself been the intended Victim of assassination attempts on at least three occasions, the latest in July. His government has frequently been threatened by radical Islamists, who seized the Red mosque in Islamabad and challenged the Pakistani Government, prompting a bloody shootout in the nation’s capital that same month. While Musharraf vows to restore democracy to the country as soon as possible, there is also the possibility of the radicals overthrowing him and establishing a fundamentalist state. Many among the military, intelligence services and gernal populace of this Muslim state sympathize much more with Osama Bin laden and hate Musharraf’s ties with the west.
Attempting to receive greater backing and end criticism of his government from the west, Musharraf talked with former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, with a view of possible sharing power. The threat from radical Islam could bring about the permanent downfall of both president Musharraf and Bhutto. It would also mean that Islamic fundamentalists would gain control of Pakistan’s Arsenal of several dozen nuclear weapons and missile delivery systems. With neighboring Iran also working on developing nuclear weapons, what would happen if the two countries formed a nuclear alliance? Coupled with the spread of radical Islam into Lebanon, Somalia, Gaza, the West Bank, Iraq and even Turkey, the threat to the west seems set to gro
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Published: December 22, 2007
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