May 5, 2011 - 7:38 am
In all the bin Laden post-mortems, all the talk about Pakistan’s ISI (or some of it) hiding the al Qaeda leader in plain sight, I still have read nothing (unless I’ve missed it) of Pakistan’s nukes. This is a nuclear power, people, one – we have been reassured – is ultimately an ally.
Oh, really? I guess Hillary thinks so. According to Reuters
this morning, our Sec’y of State says we’re going to “stand by Pakistan.” Is this an extreme version of “keeping your friends close but your enemies closer”? Or is it suicide?
There is no good solution now. Pakistan is a nuke power. India is an even bigger nuke power and can vaporize the Pakis in a New York minute, although they will doubtlessly lose a pretty piece in the process. The only thing putatively (yeah, I know…) keeping the peace has been the “alliance” with the West; any pretense of which has now been completely shattered.
My advice, help the Delhi government build sufficient bomb and fallout shelters for their major cities. This is not going to end well.