Nothing says 'stable government' like the military threatening the prime minister with a coup.

Even Tina Turner knows who run bartertown.

Maybe the Mayans were onto something...

They done goofed.

Pakistan: Where the most heinous terrist of modern times can camp out behind razorwire less than 1 mile from the national military academy in a neighborhood filled with ex-military generals and their family.

Now....THAT's and ally!

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Dear Pakistan:

Now that you're about to become a failed state, you will deliver all your nuclear weapons and all enriched material (weaponized or not) to the UN.

You have 24 hours to comply.

Sincerely,
USA

'Pakistan's military warned Wednesday of "grievous consequences" '

Please do not taunt the nuclear monkey.

Ah,ah, ah COUP!

Pakistan would be a hilarious clusterfark of a country if it wasn't for the damn nukes.

Really, is anyone surprised? They've been disintegrating for years.

Kumana Wanalaia: Dear Pakistan:

Now that you're about to become a failed state, you will deliver allUS special forces will your nuclear weapons and all enriched material (weaponized or not) to the UN.

You have 24 hours to comply acknowledge receipt of message. Or not, doesn't really matter to us.

Sincerely,
USA

Kumana Wanalaia: Dear Pakistan:

Now that you're about to become a failed state, you will deliver all your nuclear weapons and all enriched material (weaponized or not) to the UN.

You have 24 hours to comply.

Sincerely,
USA

I'm sure that'll work, yes.

Stabone33: Kumana Wanalaia: Dear Pakistan:

Now that you're about to become a failed state, you will deliver allUS special forces will your nuclear weapons and all enriched material (weaponized or not) to the UN.

You have 24 hours to comply acknowledge receipt of message. Or not, doesn't really matter to us.

Sincerely,
USA

Did you accidentally the whole thing?

FarkinSneakyBastage: 'Pakistan's military warned Wednesday of "grievous consequences" '

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Movie Grievous or Clone Wars Grievous? Because the Clone Wars Grievous is a lot scarier.

Magorn: and they have nukes

...and slushies.

WTF Indeed: Nothing says 'stable government' like the military threatening the prime minister with a coup.

It sort of works for Turkey. The ever present background threat of military coups worked pretty well in keeping Turkey a secular, democratic first world country. If Pakistan had a role model like Ataturk it might work for them. Since all they seem to have is a bad case of religion the outlook is not as good.

Im In Love With Americans: Kumana Wanalaia: Dear Pakistan:

Now that you're about to become a failed state, you will deliver all your nuclear weapons and all enriched material (weaponized or not) to the UN.

You have 24 hours to comply.

Sincerely,
USA

I'm sure that'll work, yes.

Strongly worded letters only work if from the UN.

Magorn:

IIRC Pakistan has something like 6 nuclear weapons. Because I cling to an irrational belief in my own government's competence, I firmly believe that the site of each and every one is known to us, and pre-targeted with A Tomahawk or a B-2 loaded with bunker-busters, or a Predator drone, or several pounds of C-4 already concealed in the silo, or a SEAL team whose job it is to pacify the site and retrive the package, or all of the above in reverse order.

Apparently 70 - 90 nuclear warheads (new window)

/unsure of quality of source
//still scared

Im In Love With Americans: Kumana Wanalaia: Dear Pakistan:

Now that you're about to become a failed state, you will deliver all your nuclear weapons and all enriched material (weaponized or not) to the UN.

You have 24 hours to comply.

Sincerely,
USA

I'm sure that'll work, yes.

Then we can move in and try to force them to be just like us!!! Yea, America!!

No, 'tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church-door; but 'tis enough,'twill serve. When we ask for
Prime Minister Ghilani tomorrow, we shall find him a grave man.

skrame:

Strongly worded letters only work if from the UN.



Harsh language?

/not even vaguely obsure

Magorn: WTF Indeed: Nothing says 'stable government' like the military threatening the prime minister with a coup.

and they have nukes

sleep well

I'd sure as hell sleep better if there were a coup.

Though in reality, hopefully, the military already has 100% control of the nukes.



You of course rather want these guys with the finger on the button.

Magorn: Kumana Wanalaia: Dear Pakistan:

Now that you're about to become a failed state, you will deliver all your nuclear weapons and all enriched material (weaponized or not) to the UN.

You have 24 hours to comply.

Sincerely,
USA

IIRC Pakistan has something like 6 nuclear weapons. Because I cling to an irrational belief in my own government's competence, I firmly believe that the site of each and every one is known to us, and pre-targeted with A Tomahawk or a B-2 loaded with bunker-busters, or a Predator drone, or several pounds of C-4 already concealed in the silo, or a SEAL team whose job it is to pacify the site and retrive the package, or all of the above in reverse order.

What you again?

No Pakistan has /ZERO/ sites, they drive them around in unmarked vans exactly to prevent what you describe.

You sure made an awful long post without bothering to look facts up.

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/11/pakistan-nukes-delivery-vans/

I'm not sure anyone is really grasping the danger of Pakistan's nucular capability. All they would have to do is load it up into their delivery system, and in several months and several ferries later, they might seriously do some wicked shiat.

Their delivery system:

Stabone33: Kumana Wanalaia: Dear Pakistan:

Now that you're about to become a failed state, you will deliver allUS special forces will your nuclear weapons and all enriched material (weaponized or not) to the UN.

You have 24 hours to comply acknowledge receipt of message. Or not, doesn't really matter to us.

Sincerely,
USA

US special forces will accidentally the whole arsenal?

Urinal Cake Mix: Stabone33: Kumana Wanalaia: Dear Pakistan:

Now that you're about to become a failed state, you will deliver allUS special forces will your nuclear weapons and all enriched material (weaponized or not) to the UN.

You have 24 hours to comply acknowledge receipt of message. Or not, doesn't really matter to us.

Sincerely,
USA

Did you accidentally the whole thing?

No.

trerro: Stabone33: Kumana Wanalaia: Dear Pakistan:

Now that you're about to become a failed state, you will deliver allUS special forces will your nuclear weapons and all enriched material (weaponized or not) to the UN.

You have 24 hours to comply acknowledge receipt of message. Or not, doesn't really matter to us.

Sincerely,
USA

US special forces will accidentally the whole arsenal?

Not accidentally. Quite intentionally.

Pakistan is Sunni Muslim. They were protecting Bin Laden. They use terror groups as tactical and strategic assets. And they have nuclear weapons. If a nuke got into the hands of nihilistic Sunni jihadists like Al Qaeda, Pakistan would be an exceptionally prime source.

Iran is Shia. The Sunni extremists hate them like they hate regular non-Muslims. They have a stable state and at least pay lip service to elections. I'm not saying their getting a nuke is not a problem, but the far more paranoid, unstable and extremist country already has nukes.

JungleBoogie: Pakistan is Sunni Muslim. They were protecting Bin Laden. They use terror groups as tactical and strategic assets. And they have nuclear weapons. If a nuke got into the hands of nihilistic Sunni jihadists like Al Qaeda, Pakistan would be an exceptionally prime source.

Iran is Shia. The Sunni extremists hate them like they hate regular non-Muslims. They have a stable state and at least pay lip service to elections. I'm not saying their getting a nuke is not a problem, but the far more paranoid, unstable and extremist country already has nukes.

Came in to say that. Iran's nuke desire is less about the Great Satan and more the 100+ million mortal enemies right next door. China has the bomb so India decides the finally need it. India has it so Pakistan builds it too. Iran decides they need it... MAD works, or at least it does with rational actors. The next decade, S. Asian is going to dominate world focus.

Kumana Wanalaia: Dear Pakistan:

Now that you're about to become a failed state, you will deliver all your nuclear weapons and all enriched material (weaponized or not) to the UN.

You have 24 hours to comply.

Sincerely,
USA

And India will clap their hands and praise Vishnu that their Paki aggressors have been delivered into their hands. Yeah, that'll go down well. (Still better than warheads being delivered anywhere else in the region, though.)

whither_apophis: Came in to say that. Iran's nuke desire is less about the Great Satan and more the 100+ million mortal enemies right next door. China has the bomb so India decides the finally need it. India has it so Pakistan builds it too. Iran decides they need it... MAD works, or at least it does with rational actors. The next decade, S. Asian is going to dominate world focus.

The only real upswing of this is that they all (but China) concentrate entirely on short- and medium-range launchers. Unfortunately, they all either have or are desperately developing at least a few ICBMs, and there's always the danger that a few little nukes going off between neighbors triggers WW3.

At least my kids are still more likely to see the future than I was when I was born. Be sane, crazy Asia.

croesius: I'm not sure anyone is really grasping the danger of Pakistan's nucular capability. All they would have to do is load it up into their delivery system, and in several months and several ferries later, they might seriously do some wicked shiat.

Their delivery system:
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I am not quite clear what you are trying to say. Are you making fun of the Pakistanis lack of a conventional transcontinental delivery system or are making fun of people who underestimate the difficulty of defending against someone who uses nontraditional delivery systems?

There does not seem to be any defence that would work against a nuke that gets shipped to its destination in a container.