"... An Israeli attack might have other unintended consequences. A European diplomat based in Pakistan, permitted to speak only under condition of anonymity, said that if Israel attacks, Islamabad will have no choice but to support any Iranian retaliation. That raises the specter of putting a nuclear-armed Pakistan at odds with Israel, widely believed to have its own significant nuclear arsenal..."
Monday, February 6, 2012
An interesting detail: 'Pakistan supporting Iran's retaliation?'
Under the radar.
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This is indeed an "interesting" detail and underscores the danger of current trends in U.S. relations with Iran and Pakistan (see Provoking an Iranian-Pakistani alliance - http://shadowedforest.blogspot.com/2011/12/provoking-pakistani-iranian-alliance.html.] Simultaneously alienating and threatening (not to mention actually attacking) Pakistan and Iran without offering either a remotely acceptable alternative constitutes a potent brew. Iran alone poses only a small challenge to the U.S.-centric global political system, but Iran and Pakistan together are already too big to isolate. Backed by Russia and China, Pakistan and Iran could transform the global strategic situation...and it is Washington that is provoking this transformation.
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