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Old 04-17-2006, 08:00 AM   #61 (permalink)
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Of course,Tronic is a Sikh.

Baisaki mubarak to him

It is also Bengali News Year, so why are you not wishing us Poila Baisaker pronam?

You are being a real racist!
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But one nuke would do the job of 10,000 bombs and no matter how much Bush may call it as being in the "fanatasy" zone, I am sure at least one is trained on Iran for emergency!

Hopefully, it should never be used!
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Old 04-17-2006, 09:09 AM   #63 (permalink)
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right now i think the problem is wider than the governemnt or armies, there are generation rasied on hating you guys....and people pretty intet on having the right to have nulear power and weapons.

i mean think of it this way....if ur swedish and u want to have a nuclear weapon, sy shouldn't you, other countries do....it's the ultimate safety....having the ability to reak such havoc.
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Old 04-17-2006, 11:04 AM   #64 (permalink)
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i mean think of it this way....if ur swedish and u want to have a nuclear weapon, sy shouldn't you, other countries do....it's the ultimate safety....having the ability to reak such havoc.
But it is also a deniable weapon. Once a credible deterrent has been built up, give one to Hezbollah... bye bye Tel Aviv. "We don't know where that nuke came from!" "How could you possibly blame little old Iran?"

It probably wouldn't work (Israel wouldn't particularly care about acquiring proof anyways), but some Supreme Leader down the road might delude himself into thinking that it could work.
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Old 04-17-2006, 11:40 AM   #65 (permalink)
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right now i think the problem is wider than the governemnt or armies, there are generation rasied on hating you guys....and people pretty intet on having the right to have nulear power and weapons.

i mean think of it this way....if ur swedish and u want to have a nuclear weapon, sy shouldn't you, other countries do....it's the ultimate safety....having the ability to reak such havoc.
El Baradei congratulated US-India nuclear deal and condemns Irans nuclear programme. What an inequality. There is a country who has not signed any non proliferation treaty, was the first one in 1998 to carry out tests, who in 1974 tested dispite international pressure not to test and Indian scientists were involved in Irans nuclear proliferation (of course AQK too). These injustices might be the reason for Irans hate
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Old 04-17-2006, 11:40 AM   #66 (permalink)
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I am sure at least one is trained on Iran for emergency!
Hopefully there are enough to glass the whole country in a retaliatory strike.
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right now i think the problem is wider than the governemnt or armies, there are generation rasied on hating you guys....
This raising was encouraged by... Correct, the leaders, from community on up.
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and people pretty intet on having the right to have nulear power and weapons.
Try to build either without a government or army.
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having the ability to reak such havoc.
Exactly why those who call for the total destruction, total genocide, of others should not be allowed to have them.
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El Baradei congratulated US-India nuclear deal and condemns Irans nuclear programme. What an inequality. There is a country who has not signed any non proliferation treaty, was the first one in 1998 to carry out tests, who in 1974 tested dispite international pressure not to test and Indian scientists were involved in Irans nuclear proliferation (of course AQK too). These injustices might be the reason for Irans hate
What you are describing sounds quite similar to a kid that doesn't get the candy that is strategically located at the checkout counter of the grocery store and starts making a big scene.
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El Baradei congratulated US-India nuclear deal and condemns Irans nuclear programme. What an inequality. There is a country who has not signed any non proliferation treaty, was the first one in 1998 to carry out tests, who in 1974 tested dispite international pressure not to test and Indian scientists were involved in Irans nuclear proliferation (of course AQK too). These injustices might be the reason for Irans hate
Is India a state sponsor of terrorism? Has India called for the destruction of another nation-state? As a non-signatory of the NPT, how is India subject its provisions?
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what would the bombing fix? it'd just aggrevate them.
It would also greatly defer the problem.

If we keep blowing it up they'll have to keep re-building it, and it is much quicker and cheaper to blow something up than to build it, and the US has a lot more money to play that game...
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right now i think the problem is wider than the governemnt or armies, there are generation rasied on hating you guys...
Don't worry, we hate them back almost as much.

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..and people pretty intet on having the right to have nulear power and weapons. i mean think of it this way....if ur swedish and u want to have a nuclear weapon, sy shouldn't you, other countries do....it's the ultimate safety....having the ability to reak such havoc.
No one said the world is fair.

I wish i was born a billionaires son. Say la vie.

Here's something for you to consider though Plat. The "White nations" that don't have nukes WANT ALL NUKES GONE.

Interesting contrast, eh?
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But it is also a deniable weapon. Once a credible deterrent has been built up, give one to Hezbollah... bye bye Tel Aviv. "We don't know where that nuke came from!" "How could you possibly blame little old Iran?"

It probably wouldn't work (Israel wouldn't particularly care about acquiring proof anyways), but some Supreme Leader down the road might delude himself into thinking that it could work.
Fissile material is EXTREMELY tracable......or so i am told.
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Is India a state sponsor of terrorism?
Baloucistan trouble in Pakistan
http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/apr20...ain/main11.htm
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default...6-4-2006_pg1_4
http://www.nation.com.pk/daily/april-2006/11/index3.php
http://www.nation.com.pk/daily/mar-2006/18/index11.php


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Has India called for the destruction of another nation-state?
google it, they have politicans today who demand they take over and make one big country again.


2/3 ain't bad.

but if that isn't good enough check this out too...

http://www.dawn.com/2006/03/15/top6.htm
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/...701733536.html

I'm not backing Iran in the nuclear dispute all i'm saying is in India you have a nation who has always been soviet backed, has wanted to take out Pakistan, is actively involved in funding terrorist organisations in Pakistan, is neck deep in nuclear proliferation and is full of people wanting to wage war on it's nuclear neghbour to amke a great empire again.
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El Baradei congratulated US-India nuclear deal and condemns Irans nuclear programme. What an inequality. There is a country who has not signed any non proliferation treaty, was the first one in 1998 to carry out tests, who in 1974 tested dispite international pressure not to test and Indian scientists were involved in Irans nuclear proliferation (of course AQK too). These injustices might be the reason for Irans hate
El Baradei is a wise man!

Indians weren't involved in the Iranian nuclear project unless you consider AQ Khan, the friendly neighbourhood nuclear peddler to be an Indian!

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Baloucistan trouble in Pakistan
http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/apr20...ain/main11.htm
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default...6-4-2006_pg1_4
http://www.nation.com.pk/daily/april-2006/11/index3.php
http://www.nation.com.pk/daily/mar-2006/18/index11.php



google it, they have politicans today who demand they take over and make one big country again.


2/3 ain't bad.

but if that isn't good enough check this out too...

http://www.dawn.com/2006/03/15/top6.htm
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/...701733536.html

I'm not backing Iran in the nuclear dispute all i'm saying is in India you have a nation who has always been soviet backed, has wanted to take out Pakistan, is actively involved in funding terrorist organisations in Pakistan, is neck deep in nuclear proliferation and is full of people wanting to wage war on it's nuclear neghbour to amke a great empire again.
Balochistan freedom move created by India?

The proof?

Some Pakistani newspapers? Very credible sources one must say!

Who is using the army whole hog to stop the insurrection in Balochistan, NWFP and Northern Areas? India?

Who is stealing from Balochistan and not giving them their due in revenues for the gas, gold and copper? India?

But then, it is typical of you Islamic apologists (I am being polite) mentality and psyche to blame others for the problems cause by yourself!

What has India to gain if Balochis kick the Pakistani Punjabis who are looting Pakistan wholesale?

What has India to gain when Sunnis massacre the Shias in the Northern Areas?

So, find some credible sources and then come back!

Cut out your fantasy whine.

Compare it to Kashmir where Pakistan is playing the major role! It has been proved by the world and not the Indian media. Further, camps in Paksitan has been given to Pakistan and the world including satellite photos and one of the separatist leaders, Yasin Malik, has clearly stated that the Pakistan Minister Rashid has been funding and assisting terrorists! See South Asian forum.

So chum, you guys are empty vessels who make too much of noise!


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Probably because it would be at least half expected a Muslim would blow himself up to make it happen.

Which is what makes Christians and Whites make those comments to begin with.
Hope it wouldn't be too much of a disapointment that I'd prefer using a 4.10 or .223 hunting rifle from hundreds of yards out, then transporting someone to a final resting place inside a hollowed out deer carcass...and in the back of a good samaritan's pickup.
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