[kj] (OT) Pakistan

[Brendan]

Seems like a semi-suicidal move? The US has often been hampered in
exercising their military might by civilian concerns, there would be no
such moral compunctions with the threat of taliban with access to nukes.

Saw a graph of worldwide military spending the other day. US takes up half
of it.

Another thought: perhaps Pakistan's ex military dictator wasn't such a bad
thing...


>

> they'll be able to fire the nukes at will. No need for smuggling.

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>> Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:01:44 -0500

>> From: bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net

>> To: gathering at misera.net

>> Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Pakistan

>>

>> The Taiban are growing and on the offensive in northwest Pakistan, and

>> the Pakistani government is being frighteningly capitulatory in how they

>> are dealing with them. For example, the Pakistani government has

>> basically ceded control of large swaths of Pakistani territory (Swat

>> Valley and I think some other areas), allowing the Taliban to impose

>> their own dictatorial version of strict Islamic law on civilians.

>>

>> The Taliban are pushing closer to Pakistan's capital, are winning, and

>> could be in control of a nuclear arsenal if they continue at this rate.

>> They would probably either nuke India, or Israel, or smuggle dirty nuke

>> bombs into the US and/or Europe, or all of the above.

>>

>> -Oliver

>>

>> Brendan wrote:

>> > I'm relatively in the dark on this one, can someone up my date?

>> >

>> >

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