Forget about war in Iran; Pakistan is the next battleground

deadbeater • Jan 24, 2008 6:51 pm
Remember when the great Barack suggested that US may have to dive into Pakistan to get Osama, with or without permission? Considering Osama is no longer Musharraf's priority, the Bush Administration agreed to go in, if asked. I think with a successful 9/11 style attack there, a takeover of a nuke silo or an assassination of Musharraf, the US may dive in without stopping and asking.
Drax • Jan 24, 2008 7:23 pm
Watch this video before you comment on whether or not we should bother these people:
[youtube]51LiUJfLkKY[/youtube]
classicman • Jan 24, 2008 10:56 pm
Whats your point there Drax? I don't think bin Laden is in a big metropolitan city.
Drax • Jan 24, 2008 11:33 pm
The point, in my own weird way, is that Dubya keeps turning countres to shit to find [i]one guy, and after 9/11, all OBL has done, AFAIK, is make threatening videos.

Next thing ya' know, the big cheese 'ill say there WMDs in Pakistan.

I'm most likely being nievee But I think unless there can be absolute proof as to Benny's location, forget about invasion.
ZenGum • Jan 25, 2008 1:37 am
Well, there ARE WMDs in Pakistan. They have The Bomb, and have done multiple successful tests.
Drax • Jan 25, 2008 2:12 am
You got proof?
Ibby • Jan 25, 2008 2:51 am
tell me youre kidding, drax?
ZenGum • Jan 25, 2008 3:32 am
Pakistan has conducted two nuclear tests, the first of which was claimed to be the simultaneous detonation of five nuclear devices and the second a single, smaller device.
These were on 28th and 30th of May 1998, and were in response to tests by India a week previously.
See : http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Pakistan/PakTests.html
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/pakistan/nuke/index.html (the Federation of American Scientists)
or any of the other 2,400,000 google hits for "Pakistan nuclear tests"...
deadbeater • Jan 25, 2008 11:40 pm
India is taking the fact Pakistan have nukes seriously. Why don't you think India isn't attacking Pakistan now, while India has the nuke?

And it's no coincidence that al-Qaeda is cozying up in Waziristan. Now US would have to ask nicely to invade another territory.
TheMercenary • Jan 26, 2008 8:55 am
Hey if we can get the Paki's and the Ijuns to have a little nuclear exchange maybe we could get some of those outsourced jobs back! Not a bad idea.
Griff • Jan 27, 2008 8:29 am
Now there's an optimistic thought.:eek:
deadbeater • Jan 28, 2008 7:30 pm
India pledged not to attack with a nuke first. Pakistan, population being outnumbered 7 to 1 vis a vis India, currently does not pledge to so refrain.
TheMercenary • Jan 30, 2008 11:24 am
Frontline did a great show on PBS last night on the resurgence of the Taliban and the role of Pakistan. It was very good.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/taliban/
deadbeater • Feb 5, 2008 9:56 pm
Al Qaeda thinks so too.
xoxoxoBruce • Feb 6, 2008 12:12 am
McCain was on the tube tonight, promising to go after Bin Laden. I guess that means Pakistan.
deadbeater • Feb 6, 2008 12:27 am
Oh shucks, that means Iran could win again. If the US, particularly with Bush in the White House bungles and do too much collateral damage in Pakistan, then that could mean Iran is the only real power in the Muslim Middle East.
classicman • Feb 6, 2008 12:39 am
Well Bruce, That'll prolly make tw happy.
xoxoxoBruce • Feb 6, 2008 12:48 am
Don't be silly, NOTHING makes tw happy.
tw • Feb 6, 2008 1:36 am
classicman;430162 wrote:
Well Bruce, That'll prolly make tw happy.
That would make any decent and real Americans happy. Those with contempt for America even refused to ask a simple question: "When do you go after bin Laden?"

In 349 days, America will have leaders with balls to ask that question. Wacko extremists, so dumb as to all but protect bin Laden, will be circumcised. Then America will begin the long arduous task of recovering cordial relations with most every nation in the world. Of course, 30% who show no intelligence as to support George Jr will disagree. Dittoheads especially believe what they are told to.
tw • Feb 6, 2008 1:40 am
deadbeater;430155 wrote:
Oh shucks, that means Iran could win again.
From The Economist of 2 Feb 2008:
classicman • Feb 6, 2008 9:17 am
tw;430175 wrote:
That would make any decent and real Americans happy. Those with contempt for America even refused to ask a simple question: "When do you go after bin Laden?"

In 349 days, America will have leaders with balls to ask that question.


Hmm, I think America will have a leader without ANY balls at all.
piercehawkeye45 • Feb 6, 2008 5:36 pm
Iran winning? I would like to think of it as we handed it to them (or Osama did).
deadbeater • Feb 6, 2008 8:00 pm
classicman;430199 wrote:
Hmm, I think America will have a leader without ANY balls at all.


Maybe that next president will use somebody else's balls for that pendulum rack found on one's desk.
Urbane Guerrilla • Feb 9, 2008 10:50 pm
It's still a long way from tw saying "I am happy." As for the rest of his, uh, analysis, it's still the thalidomide case trying to play the bagpipes.