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Originally Posted by Lamont Cranston

Well you could say the same about Pakistan itself, or the USA for that matter.

i could, but i don't-- beyond the obvious fact that nuke are bad, the threat of retaliation is a deterrent for most conventional states. pakistan and india can growl all they want at each other, but if they go nuclear they both lose.

in the hands of stateless terrorist organizations however, nukes become an asymmetrical threat-- deterrence (mutually assured destruction) no longer applies and all bets are off.