Townspeople in Abottabad are picking through the wreckage of our super-secret stealth helicopter, and carting away bits and pieces. I am fairly sure the US has asked for cooperation in retaining those odds & ends. I have no doubt that the military in Pakistan could have that place cleared of the living in no time flat, one way or another. They are so pissed at us that they will risk a serious rupture.
They have said that they will “review cooperation” if there is one more violation of sovereignty. Not if there are more, plural, but if there is “one more”. Well I figure the US can review our opinion of their sovereignty if there is one more breach of cooperation.
At the same time, I don’t think it’s that simple. I think the US has known for some time where he was, and so have the Pakistani authorities, and that this bumbling US administration has burned the friendlies over there while inflaming the hostiles. Yes, I think Obama just lost Pakistan.
So those who might be inclined to help us are not lifting a finger right now–it’s too hot. Super-secret American helicopter parts in danger of making their way to China for reverse-engineering? Too bad, the Americans shouldn’t have left that stuff lying around, eh?
I think this is bad and getting worse. And there’s nothing we can do about it now, because this administration lacks the ability.
