Despite the criticism of the left when the war on terror began, Bush emphasized the need for allies. Especially amongst "Islamic Republics" dotting the middle east. A key state in the war is Pakistan which shares a border with the (at the time) Taliban run state of Afghanistan.

Naturally when the fighting started Afghans began making runs for the border and President Gen. Pervez Musharraf halted them there. But as time went on Pakistan policy changed, the border was opened and Afghans were let in.

The United States warned Pakistan that members of the Taliban and al Quada were hiding amongst the refugees. Musharraf echoing western liberal rhetoric refused to do anything. The reports of the US military targeting civilians are always true right? Besides - Musharraf is a Muslim, they're Muslims, we're all going to get along here. These refugees are just looking for peace and quiet right?

Wrong. Now here we sit in 2007 and the mountainous provinces of Pakistan are seeing an increase in civil unrest fueled mainly by Islamic extremism. Shrines and holy sites that Muslims find offensive are coming under attack more and more.

So much for Islamic "brotherhood."

But it gets worst. Musharraf is a dictator who promised to step down both from the presidency and the military by this point. Well he's done neither and this is causing civil unrest in the population at large who are demanding elections immediately.

Now add in the fact that Pakistan is a nuclear state and we've got quite a problem.

Benazir Bhutto who used to be Prime Minister before being exiled, has returned to her home and is now leading opposition to Musharraf. But she has a history of friendly relations with the Taliban - even going so far as to send them military aid back in the 90's. Her policy on the terror backing group might have changed, but being as she's a hero of the left worldwide I'm not going to count on it.

Make no bones about it - any election in Pakistan is going to include people who like terrorists (or are terrorists.) Now I doubt they'll be dumb enough to actually run as a "Taliban" or an "al Queda" party. But it will still be there. Most polls from that area find ordinary citizens do sympathize with terrorists.

And make no bones about this: we're not going to let terrorists get their hands on nuclear weapons.

So there is the choice - back an evil that we know or back an evil that we don't know.

What a choice.

Jeremy Meister graduated with a B.S. in History from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in 1998 and a B.S. in Media Production from Missouri State University at Springfield in 2005. He is also a film director, producer and author of over seven feature length screenplays including 'Hollow Dogs' and 'Epic: the Autumn Gales', as well as owning his own film company: the famous LWC Productions. Jeremy is the former host and producer of the Conservative internet radio program "The Tzimisce Show". Presently he is working behind the scenes at Lotus Broadcasting on such shows as "The Mr. Sunshine Show" with occasional work for HBO and UFC. Contact him at LWC_Productions@hotmail.com or at www.myspace.com/tzimiscechi. For a complete list of blogs check out: http://tzimisce.townhall.com/

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