" ... there are limits on what we know in terms of a lot of the specifics, but I'm comfortable that from what I know of what we actually know and also what they told us, right now they're secure."
"US still worried about ISI links with Taliban," from the Times of India, May 14:
WASHINGTON: A top US military leader on Thursday acknowledged that Washington is still worried about the "links" of ISI with Taliban, but said as of now he is "comfortable" about safety and security of Pakistan's nuclear weapons."Yes, sir," Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said when Senator John McCain specifically asked him 'Do you still worry about the ISI cooperating with Taliban?'
Mullen was testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee.
"I've believed over the last year, since I've been involved and visited Pakistan, that the ISI, in the long run, has to change its strategic thrust and get away fromworking both sides," Mullen asserted.
"That's how they have been raised, certainly over the last couple of decades, andthat's what they believe," he said.
When asked about safety and security of nuclear weapons, Mullen said he is comfortable that it is secure.
"They have actually put in an increased level of security measures in the last three or four years. But there are limits on what we know in terms of a lot of the specifics, but I'm comfortable that from what I know of what we actually know and also what they told us, right now they're secure."
3 comments:
How many 'knows'!!?
know--know--know...
"..what they told us..." !!!!
He believes them!!!?
We're in trouble....
C-CS
I decided to put that quote in the sidebar as the Infidel Quote of the Week.
It seems to me that quote epitomizes our state of slumber right now.
Dreaming of Peace in our time.
This is stupid.
The ISI INVENTED THE TALIBANThey did so while Pakistan was ruled by the Islamist Zia ul Haq, who blackmailed $ from us to allow transport of weapons to Ahmad Shah Mas'ud, who was finally killed by Bin Laden on 9/9/2001
The ISI is STILL the same. The MMA retains large voting %'s. 2/3 of the people in Pakistan hate our friggin guts.
The administration of Barack Obama are delusional fantasists on this subject. They literally are asking americans to deny the facts, and SUSPEND DISBELIEF in an act of faith.
I have none.
If these weapons are under the control of the army, the ISI or some super-house-paki-praetorian it is IRRELEVANT. 2/3 of them will side with the Taliban.
That is HOW IT IS.
If Obama's plan is to 'shhhhh' us then sooner or later there will people in the streets HERE when the inevitable occurs due to lack of planning.
This will be a near run thing EVEN IF we know where every single nuke is. It will be a few hundred American special forces vs 168 million Pakistanis who believe AQ Khan is a hero.
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