3 May, 2009
Be Afraid
Be very afraid.
As the insurgency of the Taliban and Al Qaeda spreads in Pakistan, senior American officials say they are increasingly concerned about new vulnerabilities for Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal, including the potential for militants to snatch a weapon in transport or to insert sympathizers into laboratories or fuel-production facilities.
The officials emphasized that there was no reason to believe that the arsenal, most of which is south of the capital, Islamabad, faced an imminent threat. President Obama said last week that he remained confident that keeping the country’s nuclear infrastructure secure was the top priority of Pakistan’s armed forces.
But the United States does not know where all of Pakistan’s nuclear sites are located, and its concerns have intensified in the last two weeks since the Taliban entered Buner, a district 60 miles from the capital. The spread of the insurgency has left American officials less willing to accept blanket assurances from Pakistan that the weapons are safe.
Claims that Pakistan is not an Islamic country are of little comfort.
Jon Stewart vs. Truman the War Criminal
This report by Bill Whittle is required viewing.
“Kids don’t have a union”
This could be the best political news of the decade, if someone will sieze the opportunity.
It’s worth saying again: If the twittish, PC L.A.Times is now going after the teachers’ unions, those unions have lost the PR battle in the mainstream press. Does President Obama (“We can afford nothing but the best when it comes to our children’s teachers”) know this? Do the Republicans who are desperately looking for an issue to use against the Dems?
Bear in mind that the teachers’ unions are not a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Democrat Party – it’s the other way around. The national union alone has more paid political operatives than both major parties combined. The damage to this country that is done by other unions, like in the automobile industry, pales compared to the damage done by the teachers’ unions.
