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To: MSI who wrote (12753)	5/29/2002 2:58:07 AM
From: jttmab	Respond to of 93284

Re: "persistent security shortcomings in Russia mean that warheads in storage are more likely to fall into the hands of rogue states or terrorists " I haven't heard any rational defense of this postion. Because there isn't one. Previous Administrations [Bush Sr. and Clinton] recognized this shortcoming and did something about it. This Administration has seen fit to ignore it other than to inject fear into the American public that it's inevitable. ...what could either side possibly gain ? Good photo ops and PR. You missed jla's earlier comment on the treaty...it's a historic accomplishment. PR. I'm willing to bet that when the debate hits the floor of the Senate, the Administration will forge it as partisan obstructionism. jttmab

To: MSI who wrote (12753)	5/29/2002 3:03:58 AM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93284

From a pop-up window in the New York Times.... Analysis by the US Defence Intelligence Agency suggests that up to 12 million would be killed in a nuclear war between India and Pakistan. The report assumes that both India and Pakistan would successfully use most of the weapons in their nuclear arsenals and target them on populated areas. The death estimates are for the short term, and do not include deaths caused by radioactive fall-out. Both countries' nuclear weapons are thought to number in the low dozens and have yields at or below 20 kilotons, putting them in the class of the bomb the United States dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945. jttmab