Pakistan: Nuclear Ready. Just one election away from handing it to Islamic Extremists?

Most of us have forgotten by now that Pakistan's president Musharaff took power a few years ago in a military coup. It would be petty to point out that he's put elections again, and again. It looks like countries we've toppled with his help -- Afghanistan, Iraq -- will be having elections before he does.

Is that a good idea? Well, Bush probably thinks so. Because, if Musharaff were taken out in a democratic election by Islamic extremists -- who seem to have a lot of sway in Pakistan -- then those extremists would both have the nuclear bomb Pakistan developed a few years ago, as well as the missle they've just tested. And that would mean they've got the whole package.