Michele Bachmann stood by America’s continued involvement in Pakistan, saying that the government there has been cooperation between the U.S. and the Pakistani government on a number of genuine security threats.
“Pakistan has been the epicenter of dealing with terrorism,” said Bachmann. “They are, as Gov. Huntsman said, there are al-Qaeda training grounds there and there’s the Haqqani network that can be trained there as well is. And they’re one of the most violent, unstable nations that there is. We have to recognize that 15 of the sites, nuclear sites are available or potentially penetrable by jihadists. Six attempts have already been made on nuclear sites.”
