Abdul Salam Zaeef, who was ambassador to Pakistan back in the days when the Taliban still had an embassy, has stated that neither Osama Bin Laden nor his Taliban protectors possess nuclear weapons. Which might make you start to feel warm and cozy, except that he goes on to say:

“If we had possessed them, we would not have waited to use them against the enemies which have caused such a mass scale destruction to our people.”

Statements like this make it very obvious that we’re in a race for our lives, against religious fanatics who will quite literally stop at nothing.

One thing we’ve demonstrated with our massive victories based on conventional (if high-tech) weaponry is that freaks like the Taliban don’t stand a chance against us—unless they play the nuclear wild card. And I’m sure they will now try even harder to gain that capability.