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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: BlueStateSaint on April 14, 2009, 06:28:59 PM
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This one showed up a couple of days ago. If it's already been posted, could one of the mods get rid of this? (If not, and one of the mods would like to add a pic, please do so.)
Warning that Pakistan is in danger of collapse within months
Paul McGeough
April 13, 2009
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PAKISTAN could collapse within months, one of the more influential counter-insurgency voices in Washington says.
The warning comes as the US scrambles to redeploy its military forces and diplomats in an attempt to stem rising violence and anarchy in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
"We have to face the fact that if Pakistan collapses it will dwarf anything we have seen so far in whatever we're calling the war on terror now," said David Kilcullen, a former Australian Army officer who was a specialist adviser for the Bush administration and is now a consultant to the Obama White House.
"You just can't say that you're not going to worry about al-Qaeda taking control of Pakistan and its nukes," he said.
As the US implements a new strategy in Central Asia so comprehensive that some analysts now dub the cross-border conflict "Obama's war", Dr Kilcullen said time was running out for international efforts to pull both countries back from the brink.
More at the link:
http://www.smh.com.au/world/warning-that-pakistan-is-in-danger-of-collapse-within-months-20090412-a40u.html
If this does happen, I'd set the over/under for a nuke being smuggled across the southern border of the US at seven months . . .
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This is a real opportunity for Al Queda to get a hold of a nation full of nukes (conveniently prepackaged in ballistic missiles).
Frankly, I believe India will launch a first strike if they believe Islamic nuts will gain power.
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This is a real opportunity for Al Queda to get a hold of a nation full of nukes (conveniently prepackaged in ballistic missiles).
Damn. Beat me to it.
Frankly, I believe India will launch a first strike if they believe Islamic nuts will gain power.
My guess was that since the ISI works almost hand in glove with the Taliban...they will make sure the nukes don't disappear...keeping India at bay...but at the same time allowing the likes of bin Laden to get his hands on the ultimate prize.
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Israel will be ready alongside India.
Where is this world heading??
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Bumbling unca Joe Biden warned America that 0Bama was going to be tested.
Was he ever right.
The scary part about 0Bama isn't just his own inexperience, but the inexperience of his top advisors.
The economy may soon be the least of our problems, but this administration will keep talking about it, because it's a "safe" subject, and necessary to drive his socialist agenda.
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Bumbling unca Joe Biden warned America that 0Bama was going to be tested.
Was he ever right.
The scary part about 0Bama isn't just his own inexperience, but the inexperience of his top advisors.
The economy may soon be the least of our problems, but this administration will keep talking about it, because it's a "safe" subject, and necessary to drive his socialist agenda.
Not sure about this. The Pakistani nukes are a distraction to keep the sheeple in this country--the "moderates" that voted for The Big Zero--unaware of the socialist changes coming. Go to a Tea Party today!
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Bumbling unca Joe Biden warned America that 0Bama was going to be tested.
Was he ever right.
Yeah, they started making excuses for Obumble before he even took office.
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Pakistan has been a fragile vessel on the brink of sinking since Musharaf aligned with the US. It wouldn't take much to push it over the edge, and with the departure of the strong man and increased cross-border pressure on the incendiary tribal regions from Obama's (alleged) strategy, we may well be taking a short-cut there. I don't think his appointees at State and DOD appreciate that starting a fire in the tribal regions will spread to a large faction of religion-based supporters in the 'Civilized' part of Pakistan.