[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

All of that sounds plausible, but the idea of the disintegration of a nuclear nation makes me nervous.

[Cronos]

Oh, the disintegration of a nuclear nation makes me nervous as well :) The disintegration of a nation that holds a nuke that it calls theIslamic bombmakes me VERY nervous.

However, I see this upcoming disintegration as inevitable. There is nothing that ties the 5 nationalities in Pakistan together (the Punjabis, Sindhis, Pathans, Baluchis/Brahuis and the Mohajirs) -- not language or ethnic background. Islam was the supposed uniting factor, but that was proved to be false with the breakaway of East Pakistan (Bangladesh) on linguistic grounds. Also, if Pakistan is an Islamicc republic, how can it logically fight against the Talibs?

No, the disintegration is not a question of If, but When.

The rest of the world needs to plan out how to do this with the least damage.