We should worry more about Pakistan than North Korea

[Path-Finder]

Nothing stops us from invading you today except for our magnanimity towards our allies.

do it. Really getting sick and tired of listening to this $hit.

 

[Sinnerman108]

This guy is / was a senator
and his whole thesis is based on "Imagine This"
now heeding to his own officers and government's acknowledgement of the safeguards placed
around nuclear weapons.

He wants to make a buck, mother india is churning them moist and hot !

 

[Vortex]

http://thehill.com/opinion/internat...re-about-nukes-from-pakistan-than-north-korea

We should worry more about Pakistan than North Korea
BY FORMER SEN. LARRY PRESSLER (R-S.D.), OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 09/13/17 09:00 AM EDT 39
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL
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North Korea’s brazen and defiant nuclear tests last week have been keeping our leadership up at night, and for good reason. Meanwhile, Pakistan’s unsecured nuclear weapons program is even more dangerous and should keep all of us up at night.

Imagine this: A small group of terrorists buys a nuclear weapon from Pakistani generals with dark money and transports it to the port of Karachi in a pickup truck. From there, the weapon is hidden in a crate, cushioned amongst textiles and agricultural products, and loaded onto a container ship bound for the United States, where it could very easily destroy one of our cities. This operation could be carried out by a fairly small number of terrorists.

This scenario is a disaster waiting to happen because Pakistan continues to harbor some of the most hardened Islamic militants and terrorists within its borders and because the security of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons is suspect, even though Pakistani leaders insist their program is safeguarded. The dangers of their nuclear weapons program are many: they are routinely moved around the country over dangerous and treacherous roads in unmarked vehicles with few defenses.

Pakistan’s leaders have essentially blackmailed us into providing aid for the War on Terror with threats to cease assistance in rooting out terrorists in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, we know full well that Pakistan allows terrorists to operate unfettered in large swaths of its southwestern province of Baluchistan and their potential access to Pakistan’s nuclear weapons should keep us all up at night.


We let Pakistan use U.S. taxpayer money in the 1970s and 1980s to build their nuclear weapons program. Why do we now let them use U.S. taxpayer money to harbor terrorists? Without our money and military supplies, Pakistan would be powerless. Why do we continue to call Pakistan an ally? Why do we continue to be blackmailed?

As I state emphatically in my newly released book, “Neighbours in Arms: An American Senator’s Quest for Disarmament in a Nuclear Subcontinent,” Pakistan should be treated like North Korea, like a rogue state. The only reason Pakistan is not a totally failed state is that countries like China and the United States continue to prop it up with massive amounts of foreign aid. Unless Pakistan changes its ways with respect to terrorism, it should be declared a terrorist state. Indeed, the first Bush administration seriously considered doing so in 1992.

During my tenure as the chairman of the Arms Control Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, I worked hard, along with my colleague Sen. John Glenn (D-Ohio), to keep nuclear weapons out of the hands of Pakistan, most notably through a piece of legislation called the Pressler Amendment.

Named after me, it was enforced under President Bush in 1990 when he could not certify that Pakistan did not have a nuclear weapon. As a result, all aid to Pakistan was immediately cut off. It was the ultimate diplomatic “stick.” Unfortunately, the generals in the Pentagon continued to find ways to fund the generals in Islamabad and the Pressler Amendment’s effectiveness and enforcement withered.

Now, the Trump administration appears to be ready to take a much harder line against this corrupt nation, and President Trump is advocating for a much stronger relationship with India, as evidenced by his strong rhetoric last week. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson publicly stated that he would advocate for negotiations with the Taliban.

Indeed, for the first time in my lifetime, a fundamental shift in foreign policy towards Pakistan appears to be underway. News reports from that region indicate that Pakistanis are already angry about Trump’s statements. These policy changes signal a stark shift from previous presidents and are long overdue. But in my opinion, they are necessary because Pakistan will only respond to punitive action that hits where it hurts: in their pocketbooks.

I agree with Trump, but I would press for an even closer relationship with India. We must not equivocate. We must decisively choose India as our nation’s most favored ally in the world, on a par with the special relationships we have with Israel and the United Kingdom. Oddly enough, the election of Trump as president might be the best thing for the relationship between the world’s two largest democracies.

Larry Pressler served three terms as U.S. senator from South Dakota. He is the author of the newly published book, “Neighbours in Arms: An American Senator’s Quest for Disarmament in a Nuclear Subcontinent.”

Sir Pressler, with all due (ir)respect, may i ask you what is an ally ? A guy who controls you ? A guy you control ?

In the case of ally like Israel, your answer would be a guy who controls you...

In the case of Pakistan, it was the guy who you controlled. It seems these days are starting to be over.

Pakistan truly believed that you were friends... But we were truly wrong.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

 

[Ultima Thule]

Nothing stops us from invading you today except for our magnanimity towards our allies.

Than why are waiting for come on get it you are the biggest terrorist nation of the world, after world war-2 you killed millions of innocent peoples for no reson

 

[clarkgap]

Nothing stops us from invading you today except for our magnanimity towards our allies.

If US pay a big enough price, they can even destroy China by a conventional war. The point is: what will you lose after the war and what will you get after the war. Rather than magnanimity, any rational politicans will prevent an invasion which cause loss that far more than benefit. The Army and Nuclear force of Pakistan can significant increase the loss of an invasion.

 

[YeBeWarned]

Nothing stops us from invading you today except for our magnanimity towards our allies.

and what stops you to Invade Iran and North Korea ?

 

[TheBlackCoat]

and what stops you to Invade Iran and North Korea ?

Having enemies is as important as having allies.

 

[Kao Boy]

This was an interesting read for most of the members here until this Gentleman called India a most favorite ally! I feel sorry for all

 

[YeBeWarned]

Having enemies is as important as having allies.

this is most dumbest thing i ever heard ..

 

[ziaulislam]

Nothing stops us from invading you today except for our magnanimity towards our allies.

jeez..had to check dictionary to see what "magnanimity" means..there are several things holding USA to invade a country one is sanity unlike idiots like you its admin by sane people
you have world fifth largest nuclear country with world 6th largest standing army
you have country with strong ties with arab world which has strong hold on USA economy, and with neighboring china which is second largest and soon to be world largest economy

 

[xyxmt]

Bullshit.

Pakistan's nuclear assets are perfectly protected. This American senator is an idiot.

hence no one is paying attention to him except we here on PDF

 

[clarkgap]

Pakistan is over rated. Pakistan is neither Russia nor China.

However, US will get less benefit from invating Pakistan than invating Russia or China.

 

[rambro]

US regime should be more worried about its homefront

 

[Zibago]

Our nukes are aimed at only one country