I wonder how we'll go about doing that...

TheYeti: I wonder how we'll go about doing that...


Our troops will wear sneakers, and go in very quietly.

As frightening as that would be, I would sleep much, much easier at night with a nuke-less Pakistan. If you want a direct roadmap to international disaster, leave Pakistan alone.

Sensible.

But I wonder if the Pakistani government itself has mechanisms in place to destroy the nukes just in case the goverment collapsed. Extracting them without such mechanisms would be hard enough.

Considering that the Pentagon probably has a plan in a file somewhere to invade Antarctica, I would hope that the Pakistani Invasion^TM ones were a little more up to date than those for Operation Penguin Poop.

Nuke the nukes from orbit. It's easy.

Diogenes: But I wonder if the Pakistani government itself has mechanisms in place to destroy the nukes just in case the goverment collapsed.

They'll just need to pick a convenient disposal site.

Dispatch the Slim Pickens Brigade.

When Pakistan eventually collapses into chaos emerges as a purely theocratic state with strengthened ties to Russia, the Pentagon has a plan to go into the country and seize its 100 nukes so the Taliban can't get them start World War III

Too frightened to RTFA, but I kind of think it might play out that way. References to 2012 to begin in 3... 2... 1...

Well, Obama said last year that he'd attack Pakistan, so it's reasonable to assume he has a plan.

I honestly hope it never comes to this.

I'm not surprised and I'm very glad our government has a plan.

I just hope that it is not unilateral. Invading a country so quickly could be seen as an act of war to Pakistan's neighbors.

It had better be better than the plan to capture Saddam Hussein.

How many months did that take?

How about rather than give them aid with no strings attached, we "buy" up their nukes and take them off their hands. Better yet, exchange their nuclear bombs and program for a promise of safe haven in the US should it all go down?

TheSwissNavy: Well, Obama said last year that he'd attack Pakistan, so it's reasonable to assume he has a plan.

FissionMan1: Invading a country so quickly could be seen as an act of war to Pakistan's neighbors.

I suspect it's more likely to be taken as an act of war against Pakistan...

Senescent Dawn: As frightening as that would be, I would sleep much, much easier at night with a nuke-less Pakistan. If you want a direct roadmap to international disaster, leave Pakistan alone.



/you know it was going to happen

HERE'S a fun question for you guys:

Let's say the Taliban manages to get ahold of a couple of Pakistani nuclear weapons. Let's say they cart them off, and we manage to capture several of the guys injured during the theft. It turns out a few of these guys are well known, and probably know where the bombs are headed.

Question: you are Obama, CIA reports the above situation. All of the nukes stolen could easily fit on a small ship/donkey cart, etc. What do you do?

What could go wrong?

Ed Willy: Better yet, exchange their nuclear bombs and program for a promise of safe haven in the US should it all go down?

I think the Pakistani military and the ISI spooks might well prefer the "side with the Taliban and keep our hands on our nukes" option.

I would hope that the Pentagon has a plan for invading Pakistan. As well as Iran, Cuba, Canada, Venezuela, Mexico...

To have a plan is not the same as enacting said plan.

I have plans on what to do if a burglar enters my home; doesn't mean I am actually going to use them. That all depends on the burglars in my neighborhood.

I'd be more concerned if they didn't have a plan. It won't work, but at least they do have a plan.

/Gotta nuke something

What can I say:

Isn't this a Rainbow Six video game scenario? If so, I may be able to help our country out. I just need that wicked neato sniper rifle and a British SAS guy or two to sacrifice.

Well, if it happens and we don't do something about it, I imagine India will, and not be as nice about it.

Having a plan is never really a bad idea, just in case.

I would be more surprised to find out the Pentagon DIDN'T have such a plan.

can't say i'm surprised.

Shryke: Question: you are Obama, CIA reports the above situation. All of the nukes stolen could easily fit on a small ship/donkey cart, etc. What do you do?

Call Jack Bauer or Chuck Norris?

necropoultryac: Nuke the nukes from orbit. It's easy.

But what if you inadvertantly end up creating this guy?



...Hot like nukes thrown into the sun.

With Taliban controlled areas now only 60 miles from Islamabad you can be sure there are a lot of people looking at the situation very closely.

In my opinion Pakistan is the most immediate and dangerous threat to international security in the world right now.

Shryke: HERE'S a fun question for you guys:

Let's say the Taliban manages to get ahold of a couple of Pakistani nuclear weapons. Let's say they cart them off, and we manage to capture several of the guys injured during the theft. It turns out a few of these guys are well known, and probably know where the bombs are headed.

Question: you are Obama, CIA reports the above situation. All of the nukes stolen could easily fit on a small ship/donkey cart, etc. What do you do?

Interrogate the detainees, of course.

Glad I could help.

Shryke: HERE'S a fun question for you guys:

Let's say the Taliban manages to get ahold of a couple of Pakistani nuclear weapons. Let's say they cart them off, and we manage to capture several of the guys injured during the theft. It turns out a few of these guys are well known, and probably know where the bombs are headed.

Question: you are Obama, CIA reports the above situation. All of the nukes stolen could easily fit on a small ship/donkey cart, etc. What do you do?

Nuke it from orbit.

Even if the Taliban forces fail to capture the nukes, won't they still have the research papers, centrifuges, and scientists?

The Pentagon has plans for everything. How many days did it take the Administration to allow them to rescue one guy from pirates? How long would it take for them to activate this plan?

100 Megatons could take out a whole lot more than 25 million.

I don't konw why we just don't seize them now. We're already in the neighborhood. A prememptive cleansing is a worthy cause and will solve more problems then it creates.

Good: the Pentagon has a plan to go into the country and seize its 100 nukes.


Bad: Its these guys:



/hot

FissionMan1: I'm not surprised and I'm very glad our government has a plan.

I just hope that it is not unilateral. Invading a country so quickly could be seen as an act of war to Pakistan's neighbors.

I'm sure India will be happy to assist the US in this effort.

Drakin020: TheSwissNavy: Well, Obama said last year that he'd attack Pakistan, so it's reasonable to assume he has a plan.

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You must have been in back making more kool-aide when he said it.

BergZ: Even if the Taliban forces fail to capture the nukes, won't they still have the research papers, centrifuges, and scientists?

Let's hope Tony Stark is one of the scientists. He has dealt with such situations before.

jynxyu: I would be more surprised to find out the Pentagon DIDN'T have such a plan.

We have a plan for almost everything. The rest we'll improvise

/cross the streams

Shryke: HERE'S a fun question for you guys:

Let's say the Taliban manages to get ahold of a couple of Pakistani nuclear weapons. Let's say they cart them off, and we manage to capture several of the guys injured during the theft. It turns out a few of these guys are well known, and probably know where the bombs are headed.

Question: you are Obama, CIA reports the above situation. All of the nukes stolen could easily fit on a small ship/donkey cart, etc. What do you do?

Hide the keys to the donkey cart!

Shryke:
Question: you are Obama, CIA reports the above situation. All of the nukes stolen could easily fit on a small ship/donkey cart, etc. What do you do?

I would follow whatever instructions the teleprompter gave me.

Why in the hell do they have 100!!?!??

"hmm I see the first 50 didn't get the job done, good thing we've got 50 more! ROFL ROFL"

Mr_Fabulous: Interrogate the detainees, of course.

Ah, and if the army manual yields no success?

Shryke: HERE'S a fun question for you guys:

Let's say the Taliban manages to get ahold of a couple of Pakistani nuclear weapons. Let's say they cart them off, and we manage to capture several of the guys injured during the theft. It turns out a few of these guys are well known, and probably know where the bombs are headed.

Question: you are Obama, CIA reports the above situation. All of the nukes stolen could easily fit on a small ship/donkey cart, etc. What do you do?

Shoot the hostage.

Shryke: HERE'S a fun question for you guys:

Let's say the Taliban manages to get ahold of a couple of Pakistani nuclear weapons. Let's say they cart them off, and we manage to capture several of the guys injured during the theft. It turns out a few of these guys are well known, and probably know where the bombs are headed.

Question: you are Obama, CIA reports the above situation. All of the nukes stolen could easily fit on a small ship/donkey cart, etc. What do you do?

I laugh at anyone who thinks a nuke, especially Pakistani nukes, would fit on a donkey cart.

Then I start combing through sat. Photos. And I let India know there are missing nukes.

Shryke: HERE'S a fun question for you guys:

Let's say the Taliban manages to get ahold of a couple of Pakistani nuclear weapons. Let's say they cart them off, and we manage to capture several of the guys injured during the theft. It turns out a few of these guys are well known, and probably know where the bombs are headed.

Question: you are Obama, CIA reports the above situation. All of the nukes stolen could easily fit on a small ship/donkey cart, etc. What do you do?

Get someone smart to do the interrogations.
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