Taliban, That Obama Wants To Reach Out To, Threaten Terror Attack On Washington, D.C.

Okay, granted Baitullah Mehsud is practically certifiably insane...but the Pakistani Taliban leader today threated the United States, actually Washington, D.C. (and the White House) with an upcoming terror attack. Yep. These are the Taliban that President Obama figures we can reach out to ...at least to their more moderate elements - so my question is...while Obama has us sit down with the so-called "moderates", how many threats and potential attacks from the others do we sit on our hands through? Here's some of the details of Mehsud's rantings here from the article at Breitbart:

Pakistan's Taliban chief claimed responsibility Tuesday for a deadly assault on a police academy, saying he wanted to retaliate for U.S. missile attacks on the militant bases on the border with Afghanistan.
Baitullah Mehsud, who has a $5 million bounty on his head from the United States, also vowed to "amaze everyone in the world" with an attack on Washington or even the White House.

Mehsud told The Associated Press that the academy and other recent attacks were revenge for stepped-up American missile strikes into Pakistan's border badlands.
"Soon we will launch an attack in Washington that will amaze everyone in the world," Mehsud said in a telephone interview with an Associated Press reporter. He offered few details, though in a separate recorded conversation with local Dewa radio station, he said the White House was a target.

So, do I think the Pakistani Taliban can reach out to America with a terror strike? No way. But, I do think we should treat this threat as if they could and simply erase Mehsud. A volley of predator attacks on his known location over the next week outta send a message to Mehsud that he has more than a dollar bounty on his head. Make this old fucker squirm a little for opening up his trap.

I'm personally sick of this "bend over" attitude by the Obama administration - the attempts to reach out to Iran and the Taliban which are met consistently with threats and verbal humiliations. These asswipes understand one thing...force. You want Mehsud's branch of the Taliban to fall in line? Then wipe him off the map along with his top leadership and then see what comes of it, but this practice of offering olive branches to thugs who want only our heads is ludicrous.

Pakistani Taliban threaten strike on Washington

But analysts doubt that Taliban fighters carried off Monday's raid on the Lahore academy on their own, saying the group is likely working more closely than ever with militants based far from the Afghan frontier.
It's a constellation that includes al-Qaida, presenting a formidable challenge to the U.S. as it increases its troop presence in the region, not to mention nuclear-armed Pakistan's own stability.
Mehsud told The Associated Press that the academy and other recent attacks were revenge for stepped-up American missile strikes into Pakistan's border badlands.
"Soon we will launch an attack in Washington that will amaze everyone in the world," Mehsud said in a telephone interview with an Associated Press reporter. He offered few details, though in a separate recorded conversation with local Dewa radio station, he said the White House was a target.
FBI spokesman Richard Kolko said the bureau was not aware of any imminent or specific threat to the U.S., despite what the Pakistani Taliban leader said.
"He has made similar threats to the U.S. in the past," said Kolko.
State Department spokesman Gordon Duguid said he had not seen any reports of Mehsud's comments but that he would "take the threat under consideration."
The ruthless attack on Lahore's outskirts Monday left at least 12 people dead, including seven police, and sparked an eight-hour standoff with security forces that ended when black-clad commandos stormed the compound. Some of the gunmen blew themselves up.
The siege-style approach using heavily armed militants came just weeks after the deadly ambush of Sri Lanka's visiting cricket team in the heart of Lahore. Both attacks were reminiscent of November's siege of Mumbai, India—also blamed on Pakistani militants.
A senior police investigator, Zulfikar Hameed, told Dawn News TV, that the men arrested for the attack have corroborated Mehsud's involvement.
Besides Mehsud, a little-known group believed linked to him also claimed credit. Mehsud declined to discuss the group, Fedayeen al-Islam, or any others who might have been involved.
Pakistan Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik said one attacker who was captured was Afghan, and that the initial investigation suggested the conspiracy originated in South Waziristan tribal region, Mehsud's stronghold. But Malik also said the al-Qaida-linked group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi might have played a role. Officials have said three gunmen are in custody.
"In my view, it's not done by one group," said Mohammed Amir Rana, a Pakistani analyst well-versed in the intricacies of militant groups. "One group has the major role in providing the fighters or one group might be providing the logistics or intelligence. And one group provided the financing."