Apparently our own intelligence agencies now believe that the situation in Pakistan is grave and that Pakistan may fall into the hands of terrorists. Rick Moran in this blog questions what Obama or what the U.S. would do in such a situation. I do not think there would be any choice. We cannot allow terrorists to get their hands on scores of nuclear weapons and we cannot allow a terrorist state in Pakistan, nor will India ever allow such a thing.
Here is what I believe would happen. The nukes will immediately be taken out or fully protected by U.S. special forces because if we did not do that right away India will take them out with a nuclear first strike on Pakistan.
Once the nukes are secure. I think NATO, India and a Pakistani resistance would become allies and India would invade from the south and NATO forces would invade for the north. The formal Pakistan army is not going to put up any kind of real fight because except for the terrorist infiltrators in the ranks most of the military leaders would sooner join the effort to get rid of the terrorists in their nation. Most of the Pakistani people would also work with the allies in defeat of the terrorists.
Once the allies have control of the terrorist strongholds and Al Qaida and the Taliban power is put down a Pakistani general will rule again until they are able to once again have free elections. Dealing with Pakistan is the only solution for a victory against terrorists in Afghanistan anyway. So if Pakistan can’t or won’t deal with the problem we eventually will have to. I think Obama has make his position on the Pakistani situation clearer than McCain so I do not see him not dealing with the problem if the terrorists should gain control. Also India will keep him honest. India will never tolerate a Pakistani nuclear terrorist state. Nor will our Military Joint Chiefs of Staff. Even a rouge President would not be allowed to put our nation in mortal danger. Our military is sworn to protect the U.S. from all enemies foreign and domestic.
American Thinker Blog: ‘Pakistan on the edge’
A growing al Qaida-backed insurgency, combined with the Pakistani army’s reluctance to launch an all-out crackdown, political infighting and energy and food shortages are plunging America’s key ally in the war on terror deeper into turmoil and violence, says a soon-to-be completed U.S. intelligence assessment
No way to shield Afghanistan from this storm. If Pakistan falls to the terrorists, things will become very dicey, very quickly in Afghanistan. No doubt any government sympathetic to the Taliban and al-Qaeda would throw open the borders and allow fighters to infliltrate with ease.
Would we let this happen? Would we allow Pakistan with its nukes to fall into the hands of terrorists?
Can it get that bad in Pakistan? The Pakistanis themselves now say that two vital regions – Swat and the area around Peshawar – are already in al-Qaeda’s hands. The whole government is rotten to the core so it won’t take much to push it over.
I wonder if our government has the will to take out the nukes.
I think it more likely that India will destroy Pakistan.
Well this is surely one of my favorite topics. Interesting theory you got there Don. However, I must add that I do not believe for a moment that the Pakistani military and a majority of Pakistanis really want to oust the Islamist forces. I could be wrong, but from what I have been reading it doesn’t look that way. I’m quite certain there’s broad support for a [more] orthodox islamic-style government in Pakistan. From our point of view, islamists with nukes would seem like terrorists but from the average Muslim’s point of view in that region, they’re just people executing the will of allah who will lead the nation to a more “just” Shariah-ruled theocracy à la Iran. Just how much opposition did Musharraf face? Now that he’s resigned as president, the islamist forces have free play. The issue is not whether Pakistan falls to “terrorists”, or “freeing” Pakistan from “terrorists” – it’s about the threat a nuclear Pakistan in the hands of Islamics poses to neighboring countries and the world at large, being a hotbed for Jihadis who get trained there to conquer our nations for the religion of Islam. This an issue is especially crucial to India since it directly threatens its very existence; they surely will take action. The U.S. and the West too ought to side with India. If, at least, they are still committed to winning the war on terror. I’m under the impression the cowards have given up already. I think they have because they have nothing left to fight for – no honor, beliefs or principles that they deem worthy enough to defend.
I think the majority would want to get rid of the terrorists and they would help NATO to get rid of them if the terrorist took over and shoved extreme Islamic laws down their throats. That is really why the Iraq people turned against the terrorists. Pakistani people also would not like to become the target of India and they know that is exactly what they would become under a government of religious radicals.
People just have a short memory. Once a WMD attack takes place people will return to the war on terrorism with a vengeance except for the extreme Far Left who will claim it was a false flag and that we did it ourselves. You cannot help the insane.
So the question is who will be sacrificed to WND so the rest of the world will wake-up. Damascus perhaps?