Pakistan is part of the Middle East. What Gates said is demonstrably false.
Keep your powder dry (and all the context that implies)!
The inmates are running the asylum! Between this bozo, the irak surrender report, and the new and improved socialist congress-critters, it will fall to the rest of us (52 % of the voting country in the only "poll" that matters) to keep our traditions alive.
ruefully,
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The Israelis weren't the only ones...
So what?
This man is very stupid.
The difference is that Israel's nukes are defensive as is acknowledged in their foreign policy that has never once advocated the extermination of any other nation, contrary to the foreign policies of many of its neighbors.
Iran's nukes are dangerous not so much because it will have them, but because of its professed hatred and belligerance toward others, primarily Israel. For instance if the Sha of Iran was still in power, Iran's nuclear program would not be viewed with the level of concern in the west that it is viewed due to the nature of the current Iranian regime.
India has nukes, as does Pakistan, both ostensibly "defensive" and possibly, like the US vs the Soviets, the nuclear stalement has prevented even less threatening military actions against each other, directly (not counting Kashmir). Yet, not too many nations view either Pakistan's or India'a nukes as a threat to anyone else - because their foreign policy does not present a belligerent stance toward anyone else.
But, while Iran can make the argument that its nukes will serve to be as "defensive" as Israel's, it is already clear that its acquisition of nukes is intended to be used as an umbrella under which it will seek to conduct direct military aggression against Israel through proxies; and for which it has extended the number and strength of such proxies around Israel. That is the difference and the concern presented by Iran's nuke program - it is clearly part of an offensive military program.