India, Aug. 11 -- History is the best place to learn where Asim Munir's reckless nuclear boast is coming from. It's an established fact that Pakistani military dictators aren't particularly gifted with strategic intellect, political discretion, or a vision for their nation. They trade minor tactics for high strategy.

In reality, they end up destroying themselves and damaging Pakistan. Ayub Khan, Yahya Khan, Zia-ul-Haq, and Pervez Musharraf make a straight line. The first launched a war in 1965 and lost. The second lost half his country. The third diminished Pakistan into the "University of Jihad". The fourth ruined the economy and globally affirmed Pakistan as a State sponsor of terrorism.

The fifth, Munir, is now using language more al...