The attack in Karachi

One of the more depressing aspects of the terrorist attack yesterday and early this morning on Pakistan's PC-3 base has been the continuing animosity between India and Pakistan, evident in reports about the incident in both countries.

Some Pakistani media outlets have gone so far as to say that the attack must have been launched by India, since India has objected to the spy planes, which it sees as a threat to its navy. Indian sources, in the meantime, have implied that the attack must have been an inside job, since it was so successful.

The conflict between Pakistan and India is long and complicated, and should not be minimized. But at the present, the real threat to Pakistan comes not from India but from the radicals that it has nurtured for the past several decades. Unfortunately, too many people in Pakistan - and India and the U.S. - don't seem to want to face up to that.