From: "Adam Flinton" 


"Geo."  wrote in message news:3e0e7aeb{at}w3.nls.net...
adam{at}NOSPAMsoftfab.com> wrote in message
> news:3e0e3918$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>
> > Why is it that Pakistan was subject to similar pressures wrt to it's
Nuke
> > program but now......hey let's welcome the Pakistani's to the nuke club?
>
> I don't pretend to understand how the nuke club works.
>

It's a power thing not a good/bad thing. Was Stalin a "good man" to develop
& possess nukes & the means to deliver them? Was Mao Zedong?

All this "good / bad" is simply bollox put out to confuse the
weak minded.. "Can we stop them because if we can then we can always
threaten them where they can't threaten us" is the reality but
politico's don't like to put it like that to the general public coz they
like to see white hats & black hats.

> > Nope I see the exact opposite. Raise the "fear factor"
& increase the
> > foreign policy drive
>
> Why did NK admit they have a nuke program now? Why not last year or next
> year? That was the start of their current crisis was it not?
>

Why indeed? Why not? Heck why did they suddenly admit to kidnapping Japs?

> > So why isn't Pakistan in this "Axis"? Swaps info &
buys stuff from NK.
> Seems
> > like it's just as much part of the Axis as anyone else.
>
>  Because Musharraf is a reasonable man? There is still a lot of concern
over
> who controls the nukes in Pakistan, they seem to be comfortable with
> Musharraf but they are not convinced he can remain in control. Should
> someone friendly to al Qaeda come into power in Pakistan I guarantee you
> their nukes will again be considered an extreme threat.
>

He's a military Dictator but he's one of "ours" so he must be OK right?

Just out of interest if a right wing born again christian type were to
become pres of the USA would the Islamic countries be correct in assuming
that the US nuclear forces were an extreme threat?

> > Bollox. Iran helped with the destruction of the Taliban & a lot of
> Al-Qaeda.
>
> bull, certain fractions in Iran tried to help but by and large most of the
> people in control there are helping al Qaeda not working against them.
>

Bull to your Bull. Al-Qaeda is an Arab Sunni threat to Iran. The Persians
should be both Arabized & made to become sunni.

> > Mr Bush wants to get re-elected
>
> I have no problem with that one.
>
> > The US econ is in the toilet.
>
> it's recovering quickly now, I see the numbers by state for our sales and
> it's definitely coming back. By election time it should be in full growth
> mode.
>

You reckon? We shall see but I'm reckoning in 2004 it will still be in
recovery mode & that's if deflation can be avoided.

> > Presidents who preside over econs in the toilet tend not to get
> re-elected.
>
> Oh crap, the reason Bush 1 lost the election is because it was a 3 way
race
> instead of 2 where the third party was more acceptable to republicans than
> democrats so it split the repub vote. That had far more to do with how the
> election turned out than the economy.
>

Presidents who preside over crap economies get blamed.

Adam

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