From: Ad 

Randy wrote:
> Geo. wrote:
>> "Ad" 
wrote in message
>> news:45ed4aa7{at}w3.nls.net...
>>
>>>> Exactly, once everyone has nukes, nobody can fight another war.
>>
>>> Fine so let's scrap the NPT coz it's dead anyway & help the process
>>> along. Maybe the US could get some export dollars flogging warhead
>>> designs & tooling.
>>
>> You seem to be joking but I don't see India and Pakistan going whole
>> hog at each other..
>>
>
> That's becuase Tata, Satyam, Infosys and the other IT outsourcing firms,
> via the Indian technology minister, made it crystal clear that no
> foreign company would do business with India if the military continued
> their sabre-rattling against the Pakistanis over the nuclear issue.

Hum.

National Security tends to trump those concerns. The larger picture is that
finally 60 years (i.e. at least one generation) after partition, the
realities of South Asian relations are starting to dawn on both sides.

Once you factor in things like pipelines from Iran, the fact that a huge
chunk of Pakistan is made up of "muslim indians" (inc the current
ruler)
  etc &...then whole death, destruction, fear & loathing seems so
completely pointless esp when compared to making money through trade etc.

Adam

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