Ronaldo Carpio wrote:
> Hello, I'm a long-time lurker making my first post.
>
> There was an article a couple of weeks ago in the Washington Post
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6820-2002Jan19.html
>
>
> that describes wargames of the India-Pakistan conflict played
> out in the US. Apparently, even without a nuclear first strike
> by either country, a conventional war manages to escalate into
> an all-out nuclear exchange. If nukes won't deter a
> conventional war, but a conventional war leads to a nuclear war
> anyways, maybe they really would be better off without them
> (but they'd pretty much have to give up on Kashmir).
>
Interesting articles indeed. I liked the conclusion of the Post
article:
"...one young woman in the class asked a question I've never been
able to answer: "Why don't they do this kind of game with the
leaders of the countries so they won't let it happen?"
Now that, my dear general, would be a jolly good idea.
--
Doug
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