So now the New York Times is reporting that the force sent into Pakistan to take out Osama bin Laden was beefed up and overequipped “to fight its way out of Pakistan if confronted by hostile local police officers and troops.” This on the heels of word that Pakistan is deeply concerned (read: butt-hurt and pissy) about violations of its sovereignty. And to their credit, the Obama administration isn’t taking the bait.
It’s probably a good thing Rahm Emmanuel has rolled out already. Because really, what should be happening at this point is somebody getting the president of Pakistan on the phone, saying “Please hold for the President of the United States,” and then Obama opening his remarks with “You want to explain why Osama bin Laden was living a hundred yards from your military academy?”
To borrow a line from Pulp Fiction, Pakistan just lost its LA privileges. They have nukes? Fuck that shit, North Korea has nukes, and we don’t make nice with them. India has nukes, a democratic system of government, almost as many potential consumers as China, a critical high-tech sector and didn’t have the world’s most wanted man living in a GIANT FUCKING WALLED COMPOUND NEXT DOOR TO THEIR MILITARY ACADEMY without telling us.
I know whose side I’d rather take. Whoever’s in charge in Pakistan – and it sure as hell isn’t their President – needs to start talking fast. We violated your sovereignty? Fuck you, convince me you really didn’t know where the head of al-Qaeda was for six years, and this had better be fucking brilliant.