Posted on 11/13/2007 9:36:43 PM PST by sukhoi-30mki
not true!
If Pakistan were to fall to an Islamist coup-de-tat
we could immediately and without warning strike and wipe out ALL Pak nukes devices . and we should...
The first sign that Paki nukes have fallen into Slammie hands would be a nuke going off somewhere in Western India,another nuke going off on Diego Garcia & another one going off.......
What the US or anyone else does afterwards is meaningless.
There's one way that's guaranteed to work. But God help the world if things come down to that.
You are a spineless, Liberal type 'surrender monkey'.
From your're response, I gather you will be at the head of the "I'll drink the koolaid now, please." line.
No,unlike you I realise the dangers of putting all your eggs in the Musharraf basket & ignoring what will happen to Pakistan in the longterm.
Calling names rather than using your head is what an ignorant loser does.
A.Q Khan was a bureaucrat-a celebrity bureaucrat at best.Somebody who headed the civilian component of an Army run show.If you think think the military personnel were vetted,the civilians would have been strip-searched.IOW,AQK is a scapegoat.
He could not have acted alone. So on some level he is a scapegoat. You seem to think he was railroaded to a certain degree. Who do you think should take more blame?
Europe and the US are in no real danger of Pakistans nukes, but a nuclear conflict between India and Pakistan, could draw in China whom is so at odds with the rest of the world, that it may attack anyone.
Well,for one as I said,the Army ran the show.& Pakistan’s ISI & IB are among the most efficient intell-organisations of it’s type for cleansing impurities on the inside-do you seriously think one civilian or a group of yuppies would have hawked nuke-tech & that too for years without the highest authorities knowing.& before people say it,the ISI is an army of the Pakistani army,not distinct from it.
For common sense sake,a Pakistani C-130 was picked up by US Satellites in North Korea in 2002??Such clearance is virtually impossible to get-without the highest authorities approving.The Chinese stopped hawking technology to both Pakistan & North Korea in the late 80s to gain international respect while facilitating both countries bartering their respective goods(nukes for missiles).This was a political arrangement,not an under the table deal.For a country where people are strung up on flimsy blasphemy & adultery charges,why were no legal proceedings of any sort launched against AQK & Co.-if anything house-arrest in many parts of the world is a form of protection.
To cut my rant short,I hold the Pakistani army guilty for this-If Khan was tried,he would have spilled the beans.America can live with compromises-so Khan’s role was magnified.
China is the reason why Pakistan managed to get it’s nukes.
China is the reason why India has not been able to send Pakistan back into the stone age.
If Pakistan blows up,India will take nuke hits from the assortment of Jihadis who will fight to gain control of what is left of Pakistan-China won’t have to bat an eyelid to see India battered.
You’re not posting from the US, are you? Are you posting from Pakistan?
I’m not a fan of Michael Savage (though I have nothing against him) and I don’t listen to him very often. But I heard him yesterday talking on the subject of Pakistan and I sincerely wish our government was listening to him on this issue instead of whatever gang of nitwits and morons they’re currently listening to. He says Musharef is our friend and Butto is a fraud, and I agree.
I disagree..
If Pakistan “falls” to the Islamists — then the terrorists have a nuclear armed THREATENING NATION STATE, that MUST be “neutralized”...
What the hell is preventing us from doing just that...with severe prejudice and maximum effect?
Let’s not jump the gun by saying that Europe is not in any danger.The Pakis are working on (or rather will work to get Chinese/North Korean) missiles with a range of over 4500kms.If Europe is in any danger,US bases in the M.E & Europe can be as well-Bases in the PErsian Gulf are within strike range already.If Pakistan is going to get those F-16s it was promised,they will come with Conformal fuel tanks-bases in Central Asia or the Persian Gulf will be within range.
The Pakis are also working on a sub launched variant of their Babur cruise missile-which inevitably will be nuke-tipped.IF deployed on their French built subs which will have enhanced propulsion system & will be dead silent,they can go anywhere.
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