PHONY SOVEREIGNITY AND PLAUSIBLE DENIABILITY: WHY TERRITORY PAKISTAN CLAIMS BUT CAN'T CONTROL SHOULD BE DECLARED "A FREE-FIRE ZONE"

VIA MEMEORANDUM (LINKS TO ROUND UP):

KAGAN/WASH POST:

"... nations should not be able to claim sovereign rights when they cannot control territory from which terrorist attacks are launched."

REPEAT: "... nations should not be able to claim sovereign rights when they cannot control territory from which terrorist attacks are launched."

• I'VE ARGUED THIS FOR YEARS.

• IT'S PART OF ENDING "PLAUSIBLE DENIABILITY" FOR HALF-ASSED NATIONS LIKE PAKISTAN.

THEY SHOULDN'T GET THE PROTECTIONS OF STATEHOOD IF THEY CAN'T DELIVER THE BASIC SECURITY.

KAGAN ARGUES THAT THIS MEANS AN INTERNATIONAL FORCE SHOULD GO INTO THESE REGIONS AND HELP PAKISTAN GET CONTROL BY ROOTING OUT AL QAEDA AND THE TALIBAN.

THIS IS LAUDABLE - BUT A RIDICULOUS DREAM WHICH COULD NEVER EVER HAPPEN - AND IF IT DID, IT WOULD LIKELY NOT BE EFFECTIVE. THE USA IS THE ONLY MILITARY WHICH CAN PROJECT THE TYPE AND DEGREE OF FORCE NECESSARY. OTHER NATIONS ARE MERE ENCUMBRANCES.

• I ARGUE THAT THE FACT THAT PAKISTAN CAN'T CONTROL THESE REGIONS MEANS THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SHOULD DECLARE THESE AREAS A ROGUE-TERROR SUPPORTING STATE RESPONSIBLE FOR 9/11.

• THE UNSC COULD CALL THE NEW STATE, "TALIBANISTAN".

• AND THIS WOULD MEAN WE COULD LEGALLY ATTACK TALIBANISTAN.

• I SUGGEST WE SHOULD GIVE THE PEOPLE THERE IN TALIBANISTAN A REASONABLE THREE WEEK WARNING TO ALLOW FOR IMMIGRATION OF INNOCENT PEOPLE FROM THESE REGIONS INTO PAKISTAN. WHEN THIS PERIOS IS UP - AND IOF THEY HAVEN;T TUENED OVER ALL AL QAEDA AND TALIBAN - WE THEN BOMB THE CRAP OUT OF TALIBANISTAN - EVEN USING NUKES.

THE WAR IS THEN OVER.