Achtung Baby

You believe Bush and "The World is a better place without Saddam" ?
Perhaps, but in the end it was just an excuse. We had Saddam for many years and it never really mattered (unless you're not particularly fond of Turkish BBQ's).
Truth is, we messed up. We supported (willing or unwillingly) a war because we were lied to. Which, honestly I don't care, I'm always up for the invasion of some far away land, and I do believe Saddam had a good amount of chemo-biological weapons too, we just don't know where they are (my wicked twisted mind tells me the obvious place is in your neighbour's basement - Yes, the math teacher that seems so mainstream, driving a late 90's dark green Asian import sedan, wearing Nordstrom Rack plaid shirts, Dockers khakis and Rockport docksiders). Anyway, Iraq wasn't even remotely close to developing enriched uranium and did not have an interest in the Taliban or Al Qaeda, durrr.
Then you have Iran and Mamut Imaginehad, trying to have a nuclear warhead, he'll get there, but it will still take a while. His rhetoric is far more dangerous, but then again, they aren't really Arab as much as they are Persian and their educated youth wants peace and progress.
Kim Jung Ill is living proof that "Extenze" doesn't work make anything larger, his rockets always fail and he is just a nut without a real ideology, therefore he is just a buffoon.
When we invaded Iraq we didn't have an exit strategy, Bin Laden did - Pakistan.
Pakistan is considerably more radical and extremist than other nations, shares a border with Afghanistan and has nuclear weapons (I mean the real McCoy, including test proven missiles that can reach India and Israel and nuclear warheads that can be converted into suitcase bombs in minutes). Well, ever since they killed Bhenazir Butto, then made Pervez step down and placed Bhenzair's widow as a puppet PM everything has gone downhill.
The question is: will Pakistan follow the Taliban and Al Qaeda movement? will the Taliban take over Pakistan? cause if they do then we will have to take dire decisions.
It's not the same when a rogue nation tries to acquire nuclear capabilities. That is a process that usually takes a long time... first we pay for their scholarships and give them visas to come to the US, teach them thermonuclear physics and how to ride a bike without letting your hair show, then they have to go back and use that knowledge to build reactors to enrich uranium, then they have to test their rockets, go through a couple of economic sanctions and then.... you know the story.
In this case it's a different situation, Pakistan already has nuclear weapons and missiles, and the Taliban goonies are about to take over. Russia? the cold war? this is nothing like the Motherland, Russians love art, literature, wealth, vodka and life (much like the rest of the World). The Taliban and extremists not so much. So buckle up, we're on for an interesting ride.