My guess is that if we have that kind of access to these devices, that Pakistan's entire nuclear stockpile probably rests in the read end of a U.S. C-130, fueled up and with a fresh crew on board, sitting at the end of some Pakistani runway, along with a flight of fighter escorts, awaiting a "go code" from intel telling us that the worst has happened and Musharraf has fallen and to get those damn nukes the hell out of Dodge NOW!!!.Is this a risky plan? Heck yes, but I see no other choice that has less risk. Besides, its working (for now, at least!)
Now, by your logic, as stated in post #27, once PAL's are in place on Pakistan's warheads, the US has nothing to worry about. There are many keys to a given nuclear weapon. If having a PAL was enough, we wouldn't be spending billions to guard and disarm Russia's many warheads (Nunn-Lugar initiative), would we?
Those who aren't blinded by a desire to avoid bad news can think of stuff like many pounds of highly enriched uranium that reside inside Pakistan's warheads as well as triggering devices that could be used to construct a "dirty" bomb is a serious enough threat.
And not to mention that there are many steps before a nuclear weapon is made and there are other key sites such as the ones storing radioactive material - which Pakistan should have by the proverbial ton - all guarded by these types of guys.
Or did a little birdie tell you that we have the all the Pakistani HE Uranium extracted and sitting at the back of USAF C-130s in Dalbandin? LOL.
And finally, about the title of this thread - When the report says "hundreds or even thousands" of Pakistani troops could be rebelling against authority, it is reasonable to think of the word mutiny. If it quacks like a duck...
Sorry, but you only rate a D+ for that effort to wriggle out of the conundrum you've talked your way into. You started this thread with the wildly stupid notion that "lower level officers and enlisted men" actually "hold the keys to about a 100 nuclear warheads". Where's your proof for that reckless charge? Obviously, the actual keys to the Pakistani nukes are held by the general staff that prosecuted these miscreants. Only an idiot would believe otherwise.
Once again you've come to the Free Republic forum to try to sow your seeds of dissent by whipping up fear and loathing against Musharraf, Pakistan and U.S. foreign policy, with another blatantly false charge for which neither you, nor the story, offered even one iota of proof. You are dishonest.
• "...it is reasonable to think of the word mutiny."
But that's not what you did, is it? You didn't just think the word "mutiny", rather you willfully chose to commit a fraud upon the forum by falsely changing the title to lead off with "Mutiny in the Pakistan army", when you knew perfectly well that no such word or phrase could be found in the actual title or body of the story. You are dishonest.
Take your irrational anti-Pakistan bias and paranoia somewhere else.
--Boot Hill