Defcon3: 10/30

Published: Fri, 30 Oct 2009

Description: Should Obama help Pakistanis defeat Taliban before sending more troops to Afghanistan?

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" This is -- country like eighteen and I KT McFarland. Obama is taking -- time to decide about Afghanistan. Never mind that he's rethinking a conflict they declare war is -- Just a few short months ago. Never mind that the longer he debtors the last chance we have to turn around a war we're now listen. Never by the politically Afghanistan -- that damned if you do damned if you don't sort of war. Obama needs to face that there are no good options left for Afghanistan. But he also needs to focus on the main event. It's not just Afghanistan numerous Pakistan. -- unstable Afghanistan. Could once again become a safe haven for terrorists the -- Somalia are Algeria Rihanna. But an unstable Pakistan and carries the added risk that nuclear weapons could fall into the hands of anti American Islamic extremists. And that is a greater national security threat to the United States. Pakistan's main problem is its failed economy. Has become our recruitment center for Islamic extremists and suicide bombers. India's economic miracle wasn't replicated in Pakistan but it should be. President Obama needs to confirm now with Britain and India to decide how would look together. To -- Pakistan's economy and build the Pakistani middle class. He has a long history of a region where the main internal threat comes from Pakistan a affiliated sleeper cells. India now realizes an unstable Pakistan. Is of greater threat to its security than a strong Pakistan analyzed. Increased foreign assistance budgets you know I have we have Marshall plan for Pakistan with other countries helping to foot the bill. It's become -- some quarters that we have to win in Afghanistan before we tackle Pakistan. Well it's really the other way around we needed to help. Pakistan's defeat the Taliban. Or our efforts in Afghanistan -- how significant or successful. We'll be for not. That's step cat three by KTM I'm KT McFarland."

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Nuclear weapons in general. But what -- my credit on that level one of the interest in pointing and Gordon you've written about this I think you understand this very well what North Korea has gain from the possession of nuclear weapons despite extraordinary. No matter what -- means we provide when you consider that nuclear weapons that given. This backward country and extraordinary opportunity to place and central role in world affairs is clearly due to the fact that nuclear weapons and if you look at Iran. -- political influence in the Middle East has grown large port. Because of the possibility that will develop nuclear weapons so when you consider the cost in the benefits the benefits are so significant compared to the possible costs. That there is no nation having nuclear weapons that has willingly going willingly to say you know what we're going to abandon. Nuclear well -- it willingly noble so what you need is some sort of structure section I -- right it's my -- exactly but even then even with the sanctions I'm saying. Let's assume for the sake of argument that refined all petroleum is we we have some sort section networks probably will but let's assume just for the sake of argument that does work. Why would the Iranians give up nuclear weapons because of that. Even at that -- the case largely because what influence they possess in creating Shia crescent throughout the Middle East is due in no small part to the existence of nuclear weapons of the possibility of nuclear weapons .

the decision that instead of focusing in on rogue nations like Iran. North Korea instead they're gonna focus on trying to read the entire world and this is word multi -- and -- and and I read the entire world of nuclear weapons rather than zero Inman. On any of the bad players the bad guys who are out to acquire nuclear weapons or bolster their programs. 44 and non non peace. Peaceful purposes.

Gordon is that this is your area of expertise Margaret nuclear showdown North Korea takes on a lot that it spoke about -- Have you are you today. I think one of the things that a President Obama wants to do is sort of create this global wave against nuclear weapons . And therefore in the process swamp the North Korea's and the rams and the Syria's of the world. And in that sense it could work if they really devote all their

to be abandoned article mine and constitution which prevents. The development of nuclear weapons -- in Japan says largely because of possible Chinese adventurism. On North Korea can send a missile from Pyongyang to four. So we've got to develop nuclear weapons would that be.

to be deathly afraid of a nuclear Japan. He -- South Korea and a nuclear Taiwan China has every reason in the world to. Nuclear weapons and all of these countries marginalized China's power they sort of make China relatively less important and the Chinese haven't quite figured out that the north Koreans can point their nuclear weapons north and west as well as south and he.

continuing to processes materials and go forward with its program doesn't stop North Korea from doing that. A one headline that was missed by a lot of folks just a couple weeks ago was that there was a ship that was caught going from North Korea to deliver. Some sort of weapons some sort of nuclear weapons type material. Too -- to Iran remember that was just have a couple weeks ago. Absolutely so we know that North Korea's up to no good we know that Iran is up to no good. But here we are focusing on in this world

AQ Khan who was the godfather where the father of and a nuclear weapons Pakistan and we know that Pakistan has nuclear weapons . And -- we certainly hope and keep our fingers crossed that they're guarded sufficiently but that he gets out on house arrest

of faced with a situation where you know Pakistan could splinter the nuclear weapons could end up in the hands of people who would. Could use them. At and have said that they want to use

that China and Russia will undoubtedly. Veto anything that -- in the Security Council -- administration has come to the conclusion that we cannot stop him further enrichment of uranium. As a consequence the view is why don't we have a Japanese solution for an. That is let them develop all of the the thought this up Faisal wrote the material what's necessary for the creation of nuclear weapons just don't build. Don't build a bomb and now that deal I think it's probably the one that's in the works. I'm

diplomacy do whatever is necessary in order to prevent the creation of nuclear weapons in Iran. If that does not happened Israel was left with very few options now what the president of the United States

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