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Originally Posted by buckman
Our next war will be in Pakastan. The Taliban are moving towards a takeover of the Northwest areas. The Govornment will fall and they will move into the leadership vacuum. Then they will control the nukes. Scary thought, but inevitable without the US stepping in. No diplomacy will work here.
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Pakistan has a very large military controlled by secular leadership. The chance that nukes would fall into the hands of the Taliban is still
very remote. I'd be more concerned with loose Russian nukes at this point.
Remember as well that Pakistan is a pretty big country, and it's only the northwestern corner which has radicalized. Clinton has been pretty vocal of late that the policy to allow Sharia Law was a mistake and the Pakistani Government must do more to contain religious extremists.
I think that before the US has a large military event in Pakistan we'd see India making a play. Right now they're both US allies and in the near term India has
a lot more to loose.
All that being said, the area does have the potential for explosion, as does the Middle East.
-spence
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