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2007-12-20 India-Pakistan

I am being punished for making Pakistan a nuclear state: Nawaz

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Posted by Fred 2007-12-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Pakistan

#1 IRAN-DAILY > RUSSIAN TEAM TO PURSUE DEFENSE COOPERATION. Russ-Iran.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-12-20 00:40|| 2007-12-20 00:40|| Front Page Top

#2 The '72 Multan Nuke meeting was a direct response to the defeat in the '71 war and the desire for revenge against India. The first Indian test wasn't until '74.

Bhutto famously vowed that Pakistanis "would eat grass" in order to have an atomic bomb. It still required AQ Khan's theft of enrichment technology from Urenco and the provision by China of complete nuclear warhead designs (including detailed fabrication guides).

Grass eating doesn't get you anywhere... otherwise the rebels in Biafra would have had nukes... you still need a scientific and industrial infrastructure... Pakistan didn't and the Chinese stepped in... the State Department looked the other way... and now the monster is loose....

Posted by john frum 2007-12-20 06:01|| 2007-12-20 06:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Remember State's "Tilt toward Pakistan" years ago? Bitter fruit.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2007-12-20 09:08|| 2007-12-20 09:08|| Front Page Top

#4 By George, I think he's got it!

Posted by mojo">mojo 2007-12-20 10:14|| 2007-12-20 10:14|| Front Page Top

#5 Remember State's "Tilt toward Pakistan" years ago? Bitter fruit.

agreed, but the tight relations between the USSR and India led to the conclusion it was the right way to go for "strategic balance". Hindsight on all parts would indicate a lot of things could've been done better on all sides. Just saying....

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-12-20 17:48|| 2007-12-20 17:48|| Front Page Top

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