On Wed, 11 Jun 2003, Nagesh Bhatcar wrote: > I think that the Nuclear bomb has been an effective deterrent both against > Pakistan > and China. At least India did it openly. Pakistan might have had it for a > long time. Those > against the nuclear weapons will have deferring opinions, but it has been > pretty much > impossible to reason with Pakistan over the Kashmir issue. Ever since East > Pakistan > was liberated and Bangladesh created by India in 1971, the Pakistanis have > been itching > to get even, at first trying to destabilize Punjab and then Kashmir. One > must remember > that in all the wars that India has fought so far, all of them have been > started by the > other power -- 1948, 62, 65, 71.
Lets drop the fallacy that makes the rounds that Nuclear weapons have improved India's security. If that were the case, then the Kashmir issue would have been solved and there would have been no Kargil conflict. In 2003, a nuclear-armed India is no closer to solving the Kashmir issue than a non-nuclear India was in 1948. This is because the fundamental problem is a political one and not a military one. -- Tariq Siddiqui [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************************************************* Rockets Lover! Laker Hater !!! ******************************************************************************* ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
