Originally Posted by
anisa
i don't know about taliban/alqaeda actively fighting in pakistan. it's not like there is a civil war or something. the gov't is trying to keep taliban types from spreading too much in a specific region that borders afghanistan i think. they haven't penetrated into the military. the military is very selective and exclusive and what matters is who you know.
they have enough trouble with the countryy's diverse cultures hating each other, they aren't interested in nuking anyone.
anybody willing to bomb anyone is frightening. the ones who are s. bombers are pawns used by ppl who have their own political agendas, in my opinion.
most of the country is not conservative. might look like it to outsiders, but they really aren't. their kids are more spoiled than most that i see here.
i have never seen or heard anything about iran that has ever made me think of them as a real threat. yes, their neighbors, near and far, keep saying things about them but what are the real reasons?
sorry for being so brief, because i could go on and on ;p