I feel better when underdogs win too, Amos! Always have felt that way, since I was a little kid. So...which underdog are we talking about in this case? Actually, I most prefer situations where everyone wins...but that's a whole other philosophical subject (thread drift, in other words).

Regarding Pakistan, I think the main danger of a fundamentalist regime in that country would be to Pakistan itself, Kashmir, the Punjab, and India...not to the USA. If Pakistan becomes destabilized, it will probably be the Pakistanis themselves who suffer the highest body count. That's certainly what Afghanistan and Iran have experienced by so doing in recent times.

- LH