I've heard of the Clinton presidency being called the "vacation from history" because we were not kept apprised of threats growing overseas. And measures were not taken to curb these threat, possibly because it would be unpopular at home. Has president Obama taken us on vacation, again?
Pakistan is battling the Taliban and possibly losing. "Peace" agreements have ceded areas of the country along the Afghan boarder to the Taliban and now they are taking more land, coming closer to the capitol and presumed military installation - installations that house nuclear weapons. (Long War Journal)
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The Taliban takeover of Haripur would put the Taliban on the doorstep of Islamabad and would also put two major nuclear facilities at risk.
Haripur borders the Margala Hills, a region in the Islamabad Capital Territory. Haripur also borders the Punjab districts of Attock and Rawalpindi.
Attock hosts two major nuclear facilities in Pakistan: the Wah Cantonment Ordnance Complex and the Kamra (Minhas) Airbase. The Wah Cantonment Ordnance Complex host three sites where nuclear weapons and components are stored and assembled and aircraft and missiles are modified for use in nuclear attacks. The nearby Kamra Airbase is thought to host attack aircraft capable of delivering nuclear weapons.
Rawalpindi is the "garrison" city for Pakistan's military. The city hosts the headquarters of the Army and Air Force, and several nuclear weapons research facilities are also located there.
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What do we do? Let them fight it out? Let the Taliban get nukes? What then? Nuke them? Wait for them to Nuke? Wait for India to Nuke them? Send in troops to where we think the Nukes are and fly them out, Jack Bauer style (ready to trusht our intelligence yet?) I don't have the answers, but I'm a little nervous that our current military leadership has not communicated a strong, confident voice to the world that we will not let threats arise again. And the media turning the other way on this story will not help.
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