The local news pays much attention to arms dealing. The other day, there was a detailed report about how Pakistan is becoming a major arms merchant, specializing in dependable goods. For example, Pakistanis have recently developed a new fighter that is probably based upon the American fighters they own, but costs much less. This is my greatest point of disagreement with President Bush's international policies (I have many problems with the manner in which President Bush implements some of his international policies, but I approve of most of his intentions). I hope President Bush is right about placing some trust in Pakistan, but I fear we'll regret this in the future. One of the lessons I learned from the cold war was that it is a mistake to ally with tyrants just because we share an enemy.

Today the local paper mentioned that Israel was negotiating with Washington to buy some of our "bunker busters" – bombs that could destroy Iran's heavily-fortified nuclear reactor. It doesn't take a political analyst to understand how seriously Israel perceives the Iranian nuclear threat. Now this would be a great question to ask Bush & Kerry in the debates. Knowing that if we sell these bombs to Israel, there is a high probability they will be used against Iran, should we sell them? I would love to hear both candidates discuss why they would or would not support the sale of these bombs to Israel.

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