Posted on 04/30/2009 2:07:34 PM PDT by nickcarraway
US president Barack Obama’s carefully calibrated reply referring to concerns that Pakistan’s nuclear arms might fall into militants’ hands, appeared to suggest that the US has secondary back-up plans in the event of any exigencies, something the intelligence analysts’ community has long considered inevitable.
When the reporter followed up to seek a more precise answer, asking if in the worst case scenario, the US military could secure the nuclear weapons, Obama responded crisply: ‘‘I’m not going to engage in hypotheticals of that sort. I feel confident that that nuclear arsenal will remain out of militant hands. Okay?’’
There is strong pressure on Pakistan from Washington to deploy regular troops rather than its constabulary or para-military in the battles against Taliban, but Islamabad is said to be desisting, holding out for greater military aid and equipment to carry out the task.
On one issue, however, Obama was unrelenting: the Predator strikes. ‘‘We want to respect their sovereignty, but we also recognize that we have huge strategic interests, huge national security interests, in making sure that Pakistan is stable and that you don’t end up having a nuclear-armed militant state,’’ he said, without explicitly referring to the Drone issue that has caused much bad blood between the two countries.
Yes they do, its bend over and kiss your posterior good-bye!
His backup plan is to whine to the UN about nuclear weapons proliferation. He and his cabinet haven’t got a clue.
Obama’s Secret Failsafe Plan: Pray
yeah, to “aller”.
his secret plan is probably to give them to the taliban
Pray? I doubt that, well maybe to Allah.
Muslims with Nukes? You figure out what he’s going to do.
Obama will send them to Iran as a peace offering.
Obama’s Secret Failsafe Plan to keep nukes out of militant hands: Redefine “militants”.
Yeah maybe he will get lucky and the ‘moderate’ Taliban will get them.
So, the Pakis have money to build and maintain nuclear weapons and missile delivery systems but cannot afford to send troops to a region in their own country to defend their own turf and people from the Taliban? This lame excuse is nothing but an attempt to scam money from the USA.
It would be extremely unusual if the military did not have a variety of contingency plans, that have been developed over the years and continually refined.
But they can’t act without Obama’s consent. And there are at least three problems with that: 1) He can’t make up his mind in an emergency; 2) He doesn’t want to offend his moonbat base; and 3) His sympathies are with the Muslims.
He’ll probably end up attacking India instead.
It’s been a point of conjecture that the Paks nuclear cores and their respective trigger mechanisms are kept in separate geographic locations. While this gives them a certain degree of control on having a operational nuke fall into the wrong hands, it also slows down their ability to use the weapons (I’ve heard that it would take days, but again, that is just conjecture).
Given the political instability of the country, I’m not terribly sure I’m comforted by Obama’s certainty about the security of those nukes. Some sources say the nukes are located in the western part of the country, which is the farthest point from India. However, the west is one of the most unstable areas, so that’s hardly comforting. How many nukes? Maybe 50. Another problem.
Personally, I think Obama’s whistling past the graveyard when he says he feels they’re safe. I’m afraid we’re going to find out soon enough.
we have CIA and special forces guarding these nukes as we speak.
I remember a thread some time ago stating the US is guarding the nukes.
But that was under Bush.
The present iiC? who knows.
0bama’s plan - hold a press conference and blame the economy and deficit on GW and the republicans.
Sounds like he's made a deal with the "Moderate" Taliban for them to take possession of the nukes.
None. But then again India is not our Ally, only a friend and the worlds most populous country with a representative government. I doubt Obama cares much about India, since they are anti Chinese, anti Pakistan, anti Muslim, and pro Israel.
I have heard that we are responsible for guarding the Pak nukes. While that would make a lot happier, it does seem .... improbable, is there any guarantee that such an arrangement would be carried forward into the future?
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