More: The safe haven provided by Pakistan has already had dire effects on U.S. and NATO efforts to fight the resurgent Taliban next door in Afghanistan

Dozens of Taliban commanders have moved their wives and children to Pakistan, where they live in the suburbs of cities like Peshawar and Islamabad

The militants dominate in areas beyond the tribal areas as well. Armed groups have effectively seized control in places like the picturesque Swat Valley, where a jihadi leader named Mullah Fazlullah rides a black horse and commands hundreds of men under the noses of a nearby Pakistani Army division that seldom leaves its barracks. Peshawar is perhaps the most important production and distribution center for Taliban and other Islamist material. Jihadi CD and DVD shops abound. One shop features large posters of the notorious Taliban commander Mullah Dadullah Akhund, who was killed in Helmand earlier this year, and pictures of Guantnamo inmates in their orange jumpsuits behind barbed wire

Good thing we dropped the ball on Afghanistan to go launch that preemptive war based on lies in Iraq.

Gott'a love 'em neo-cons. eh?

Why does Bush want to attack Iran? It's not as dangerous as Pakistan.

Hmmmm, now let me think, what does Iran have an abundance of that Pakistan does not.....

I sometimes wonder if Bush and his cohorts really do plan on attacking Iran.

One. Bush wants to send a missile battery to Europe to protect it from attack by Iran.

Two. Bush wants to attack Iran to curtail its ability to attack anyone.

Three. If Iran is neutralized, then why send missiles to Europe.

Is the talk of attacking Iran designed to force up oil prices?
Or, is the missile battery being placed there for another purpose?

What part will Russia play in all of this?

It seems to me there are wheels within wheels.

is the missile battery being placed there for another purpose?

I am sure mr Putin has been wondering the same things, hence his opposistion to the anti-missile batteries, if they can stop an Iranian missile then they can also be tuned to stop a Russian missile.

Forever War. The Empire craves it at all cost. On a personal note, he needs to refresh his status as "Commander in Chief" nothing does that better than a sudden crisis. The media quiets down, some skeptics switch side for fear of "loosing" etc. Besides, there are those who feel the humiliation of 1979, even though 1979 was in large part the U.S. own doing.