Bully Losing Popularity Contest

[Kramerman]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
What I find amusing is that, despite history to the contrary, many people seem to firmly believe that Saddam is just itching to use WoMD. He didn't use them against US or Israel when he had the chance and ability. Why will he suddenly do so now? Why do people rabidly believe that Hussein is a madman, waiting for the moment when US resolve blinks to embark on a campaign of world conquest? I think some of you play way too much Civ.

That is only a small concern of a few. There are many more major concerns of Saddam having WoMD, especially nuclear. Refer to previous posts, though they are still incomplete. I may start a thread - though I really dont have the time right now to be posting on these forums...

[Imran Siddiqui]

dictators who are accountable to no one shouldn't have WoMD available to them.

So when are you preparing the invasion of China and Pakistan?

[KrazyHorse]

Those are second rate powers. The US is still nibbling at the 3rd-rate ones...

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Frogger
Those are second rate powers. The US is still nibbling at the 3rd-rate ones...

We have to get our units up to veteran status somehow.

[KrazyHorse]

You mean we might finally see the US acquire a Great Leader (or even a good one)?

[DinoDoc]

And you thought that our habbit of kicking the crap out of a random country every few years was pointless.

[chequita guevara]

The US military has improved remarkably in the 1990s.

[Kyle]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui

dictators who are accountable to no one shouldn't have WoMD available to them.

So when are you preparing the invasion of China and Pakistan?

With China, it's no fun when they can shoot back. And there are reports that the US military either already has control over Pakistan's nuclear weaponry or is position to sieze it should the need arise.

[KrazyHorse]

And there are reports that the US military either already has control over Pakistan's nuclear weaponry or is position to sieze it should the need arise

?

[Kyle]

Originally posted by Frogger

And there are reports that the US military either already has control over Pakistan's nuclear weaponry or is position to sieze it should the need arise

?

Sorry, I read the Times of India daily.

[uh Clem]

And there are reports that the US military either already has control over Pakistan's nuclear weaponry or is position to sieze it should the need arise.

The expression you're grasping for here is, "use 'em or lose 'em." If the Pakistanis know that the Yanks will try to sieze their nukes the instant hostilities begin, they have that much more incentive to fire immediately, before they're left defenseless. US policy (if true) takes a situation that is dangerous to begin with and ratchets it up several notches. Dumb, dumb, dumb...

Btw, is there a comparable program to grab control of India's weapons?

[Kyle]

Originally posted by uh Clem


The expression you're grasping for here is, "use 'em or lose 'em." If the Pakistanis know that the Yanks will try to sieze their nukes the instant hostilities begin, they have that much more incentive to fire immediately, before they're left defenseless. US policy (if true) takes a situation that is dangerous to begin with and ratchets it up several notches. Dumb, dumb, dumb...

Btw, is there a comparable program to grab control of India's weapons?

Well no, because India isn't in danger of losing it's government to fundementalist elements. Plus they have a no first use policy, and they're further ahead in setting up a nuclear infrastructure (command and control, etc).

And no, that's not what that alleged policy would do. It would be implemented in case Musharaf's government is close to being overrun by various Islamic fundementalists, that's when it would happen. Of course, there's no real facts for this other than a story or two in the Times of India.

[uh Clem]

India's government is already thoroughly riddled with religious/nationalist crackpots (although India is no doubt a more diverse society than Pakistan, thus diluting the crackpots' influence somewhat). Hindu nationalists have never made any secret of their desire to destroy Pakistan, forcibly convert it to Hinduism, and reabsorb it into India.

The world rightly pays attention when Christian churches are attacked in Pakistan. When Hindu mobs kill hundreds of Muslims in India, the act is less newsworthy, at least in the US. Mass murder is a very serious matter, when Muslims do it.

[KrazyHorse]

India isn't in danger of losing it's government to fundementalist elements

Yes it is.

[chequita guevara]

The Hindu Nationalist Party are religious fundimentalists.