Gautam, I apologize if I offended you. Looks like my ignorance is showing! I admit that I based my perception more on current happenings and not on history. I'm not entirely sure I believe that the attack on the Indian parlaiment in December was orchestrated with the knowledge of the Pakistani government. And I can't help but be skeptical of anything that any government says.
I admit to concern because both India and Pakistan have shown themselves capable of detonating nuclear devices, and the idea of a conflict involving nuclear powers anywhere in the world frightens me. As one foreign minister said to another in an old issue of _Preacher_: "This may be a naive and silly thing to say, but why can't people just be nice to each other for a change?" -- Sliante, Richard S. Crawford No need to apologize - but I have to say that I was stunned by what I was reading. I know that some people have said things like that - but no one I consider in the mainstream or worth listening to, and it was weird to see you say something like that. If a conflict between India and Pakistan scares you, think about how I feel - I can't even count the number of my relatives who would be killed were such a war to go nuclear. But there are some things more important than that - and one of them is making sure that things like the attack on the Parliament never, ever, ever happen again. While I doubt that Musharraf approved the attack, the ISI has supported those organizations right from their inception, and Musharraf has refused to do anything to suppress them - he has, in fact, encouraged them a great deal - since the moment he took office. He is thus responsible for their actions, even if he didn't approve of this particular one. Gautam
