If crazy Pakistan can have nukes . . .
Friday, February 18, 2005 at 6:22PM ■"Buses to Span Kashmir Line, Signaling Step in Peace Talks," by Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 17 February 2005, p. A5.
Pakistan has nukes. It has lotsa crazy, backward fanatics. Itís got corruption galore, plus narcotics, plus terrorists to spare. And itís given the technology to other states.
One thing it hasnít done yet is use them. Instead, having nukes evened out the military situation with India, and once the experience of MAD (mutually-assured destruction) settled in (it took about a quarter-century, just like with us and the Sovs), the nukes stopped being an issue between these two states.
Of course, that could never happen with Israel and Iran, because their hatred and fear for each other is unprecedented in human history!
No, peace is much more likely with one side holding nukes and the other feeling pissed off, disrespected, and that itís best option is supporting terrorist networks working beyond its borders.
Yes, that is the safer route thatís more likely to get us what we want.
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