driveby Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Last week, General David Petraeus (commander of America’s Central Command, which covers all U.S. forces in the Middle East and south Asia), reportedly said Pakistan may be just two weeks from falling to Islamic extremists. Everyone should be concerned about Pakistan’s 60-100 atomic weapons and their ballistic and cruise missile arsenals. The Pakistani military assures the Obama administration the nukes are secure. But the Pakistanis have never shown the U.S. where and how the weapons are secured even though America gave Islamabad more than $100 million to create a secure arsenal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H8tank Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Now this is Some H0pnChange!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borge007 Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Now this is Some H0pnChange!!!! They've only had the $$$ for three+ months? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpwallace49 Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Great. Lets start a war in a thrid country that actually HAD nukes instead of "imagined" nukes in Iraq. If only the US's focus was soley in Afghanistan and dedicated to wiping out Al-Queda decisively instead of idiotically invading Iraq perhaps we might be able to do something about this crisis now. fan-freakin-tastic . . . .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 blaming either bush OR obama for the deteriorating situation in pakistan is pretty idiotic. things could get pretty hairy over there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpwallace49 Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Az . . . it isnt about blaming any individual (as no one has done) it is criticzing the US foreign policy and decision-making process that has led to this eventual situation. Actually that starts back in the 1980's when the US was the main military supplier of the Taliban . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Az . . . it isnt about blaming any individual (as no one has done) it is criticzing the US foreign policy and decision-making process that has led to this eventual situation. Actually that starts back in the 1980's when the US was the main military supplier of the Taliban . . . what led to the situation is the internal dynamics of pakistan. not everything that happens in the world is the result of some US policy, pretending it is serves only to try to turn it into a game of internal partisan patty-cake. as I said, idiotic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 With extremists running Islamabad, the Afghan war would expand to include Pakistan and quite likely morph into a broader regional war that includes India. It’s doubtful the U.S. and NATO will commit more forces to a Central Asian region-wide war. This could become justification to quit Afghanistan and bring our forces home and accept the consequences, such an atomic missile armed al-Qaeda. Obama promised Afghanistan would be his first priority. The current crisis in Pakistan gives him the opportunity to act upon that promise. that all seems rather true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrograde assault Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 Pakistan? Thats India and China's problem isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuke'em ttg Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 extremists start messin with nukes and the world will beg US ta take the gloves off...and we all lived happily ever after "grandpa tell me another story about those pesky towelheads brack in the day" "you get some sleep tomorrow we'll take the Ford Excursion and talk about it while we're fishin before gas goes brack up to 10 cents" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billay Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 It seems clear enough that Musharraf, despite all his shortcomings, was capable of keeping the country under his thumb, and thus under control. It remains to be seen whether those who opposed him can stabilize the country in more democratic fashion. They have a difficult road ahead, and it will undoubtedly get worse before it gets better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazinib1 Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 Pakistan? Thats India and China's problem isn't it? Time to call in that favor for giving up all those telecommunications jobs eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaterMan Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 Pakistan? Thats India and China's problem isn't it? I hope so. We need to stop policing the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpwallace49 Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 :chuckle: Agreed! I thought the US outsourced all its textile business? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaterMan Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 :McDonald's: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whomper Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Agreed! I thought the US outsourced all its textile business? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Not so fast my friend http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...mail/components Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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