Apparently, the administration thinks that if they simply don't think about it, it can't happen. Note the words "unthinkable" and "can't even contemplate that".
Bush managed to walk a tightrope with Pakistan for 7 years, because he knew what the nuclear threat was.
Obama's administration may set us back 30 years in their 1st 120 days. Pakistan obviously can read the tea leaves. Obama won't come to help them, Obama will criticize them if they take any untoward action against captured taliban, Obama will ridicule them if they don't fight "fair", and will probably ask them to enter talks with the enemy.
I don't mean to be a real bummer, but.......Not one nation in the world fears Oboma. They know he won't do anything. Clinton was the same way, and we ended up with 9/11. I can't even imagine what's going to happen because of Oboma. Community organizing isn't going to work on a world wide scale. It's going to get a lot worse, that's for sure.
The economy is going to tank, big time. Even worse, it's probably the least of our problems.
In time, there's going to be a huge buyers remorse, but the Republicans aren't going to be able to clean up the mess. I believe life in the U.S. will never be the same and maybe we should psychologically start preparing for it.
FYI: Both at Occidental and at Columbia, Obama's roommates were Pakistanis. And he visited one of them in Pakistan during his days at Columbia. I am sure he considers himself an expert on Pakistan and believes he is a friend of theirs.