U.S. troops on standby to seize Pakistan's nukes

It's not enough that the U.S. military is overextended in Iraq and Afghanistan.

It's not enough that Dick Cheney is itching to attack Iran.

Now we might have to intervene in Pakistan -- with nuclear implications.

According to an article in yesterday's edition of the British newspaper The Herald, the U.S. already has special forces "on standby to seize or disable Pakistan's nuclear arsenal in the event of a collapse of government authority or the outbreak of civil war following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto."

This is allegedly to prevent Pakistan's nukes from falling into the hands of terrorists who might use them against Israel or against U.S. interests in the region.

So apparently now we have the right to invade any country in which the slightest threat might (or might not) exist, funded by your tax dollars and mine, in the name of the "war on terror".

This is getting ridiculous.