Meaningless Report: U.S. Developing Unilateral Response to Hit Pakistani Taliban if Attacked Here

We're so damned tough on terrorism.

It's meaningless in that plans aren't being developed so much as they are being dusted off and reviewed. We've got more military response plans than all of our socks added together. Hell, we have a plan to invade Biloxi Mississippi if circumstances warrant.

Still, the Washington Post reports this breathlessly.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military is developing plans for a unilateral attack on the Pakistani Taliban in the event of a successful terrorist strike in the United States that can be traced to them, The Washington Post reports.

Planning for a retaliatory attack was spurred by ties between alleged Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad and elements of the Pakistani Taliban, the Post said in an article posted on its website Friday night, quoting unidentified senior military officials.

The military would focus on air and missile strikes but also could use small teams of U.S. Special Operations troops currently along the border with Afghanistan, the Post said.

I think Ace mentioned a year or so ago, the principle principal* export from the nation of Pakistan seems to be "death".

I don't believe this administration has the actual will to place an embargo on "death". I also believe they have a Constitutional responsibility to do so.

Instead I get headlines.

* I hate this word

posted by Dave In Texas at 10:18 AM

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