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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank

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To: E who wrote (31189)10/10/2001 9:45:52 AM
From: Zoltan!  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
>>We've got to put our multi-billions where they will do the most good.

Which is why missile defense in needed now more than ever. Securing against airliners as bombs makes alternative threats more likely.

Beefing up security - which is necessary - does not in any way lessen the need to build a system. Increased security here means that a nuclear missile attack is more rather than less likely.

Three planes will have caused 1/2 $trillion in damage to the US. Can you imagine what one missile could do? The cost of the system pales in comparison.

Is this quaint?

Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2001 12:06 a.m. EDT
Butler Warns of Pakistani Nuke Threat

Former chief U.N. weapons inspector Richard Butler warned Tuesday that if Pakistan's government is destabilized by U.S. attacks on its neighbor Afghanistan, its nuclear weapons could fall into the wrong hands.

"Pakistan is crucial in what is happening now in this fight against terrorism," Butler told Fox News Channel's Linda Vester.

"The government there isn't as stable as one might want it to be. And if there's an uprising within Pakistan, it could bring that government down."

Butler suggested that it would be "big trouble" if Pakistan's nuclear arsenal fell into the hands of the country's own Islamic militants, who applauded Osama bin Laden's attacks on the U.S.

"Were there to be significant civil unrest in Pakistan, one of the questions that would arise would be who would be in control of those nuclear weapons.

"I almost don't want to go there - what a terrible subject," Butler told Vester.
newsmax.com

And it cannot be forgotten that China - who received its missile tech in return for campaign cash provided to the Clinton regime - has been aiding Pakistan's nuclear missile program:
cns.miis.edu
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