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To: JPR who wrote (6229)	9/2/1999 2:12:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

JPR:Oh you just saying that 'cos of Brahma Chellaney's opinion on India's nuclear stance :) Who is this 'feller' anyway, he must be an Indian or living elsewhere certainly not in Paki-land,if he is a Paki most likely his ass will end up in jail for 'treason',I am sure the jihadis will see to that.

To: JPR who wrote (6229)	9/2/1999 3:58:00 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Respond to of 12475

Criticism has centred on the supposed contradiction between its proposal for minimum deterrence and maximum survivability and credibility, and its recommendation for building a land-air-sea triad of nuclear forces. The result of this contradiction will be a mish-mash policy that will drive up the costs manifold. When Indian fertilizer factories can keep running for years and provide "employment" to people even if the factories produce nothing, one can imagine how much of a "holy cow" the nuclear arsenal would be. The cost overruns will be humongous. But until nuclear disarmament becomes a reality, India has as much right to shield its citizens from nuclear dangers as do other nuclear weapons states. Apparently, India thinks nothing of its duty to first protect its weak from its own strong. It has become a way of life for helpless innocents belonging to minority religions or lower in the caste hierarchy, to live in constant fear of attacks by the police, or by the dominant social groups. The security of any society is to be evaluated firstly on the basis of regime stability, population explosion, environmental threats, ethnic, sectarian and social mobilization, and development of human rights on a positivist index, and only then on other bases. Given India's disdain for this, it is very likely that social tensions and instability will keep manifesting on an increasing scale. And of course, the elaborate nuclear arsenal which India plans to have, will be utterly ineffective when its problems spring from within.