Indian Leader's Threat of War Rattles Pakistan and the U.S.

This reminds me a lot of the situation in Israel. We have to ask ourselves how we would react if some group of radical Mexicans attacked one of our military bases--actually, how we did react to the raids by Pancho Villa. I don't know what we would do if Mexico were a nuclear power.

It would be a tragedy if these two countries end up killing millions because of a terrorist raid. We live in an age where some people think they can bring on the apocaplypse by such tactics, and are dead sure that God is on their side. We have learn that our erstwhile enemies may be our best allies against our or their militant terrorist minorities.

What are the limits of honor and pride, and how much of this kind of thing should anyone endure? We turned the other cheek to bin Laden time after time, and we merely emboldened him. Now we've just reversed that strategy, but we seem to think everyone else should do as we say, not as we do.

I think we should pull out our diplomats, but if they want to duke it out, it will be an object lesson for them both. If Musharraf want what's best for Pakistan, he'll start consolidating his troops and suppress the radicals ruthlessly. However, he might be assassinated for doing so. So I won't judge him too harshly whatever he does.