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A foolish statement to be made. Possessing a nuclear deterrent will not bring about a peaceful existence. Human nature is such that there is always a rogue somewhere who wants to spoil the fun. If India develops additional weapons of mass destruction, so will its neighbours China and Pakistan with time. It would be far better to channel the billions wasted on defence to improving the well being of the world's largest poor population and educating them on the evils of religious extremism . Surely a mass population of less destruction is better than a weapon of mass destruction. Francis Dias [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 1/4/03 23:11, Tim de Mello at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am so glad that today India possesses a nuclear deterrent. Let us hope > that India will develop the same sort of sophisticated weaponry that the US > has today - weaponry that can be fired from hundreds of miles away with > great accuracy. We cannot afford to be at the mercy of cruel and heartless > regimes. _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.goanet.org/mailman/listinfo/goanet
