To: 2MAR$ who wrote (89274 ) 4/19/2012 5:12:08 AM From: TobagoJack Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 219539 tis oddly funny that the rah rah corporate media seem to make a big deal of the india missile test as some ostensible scoring happening in the supposed rivalry between an otherwise quite unaware china and big to-do india why shouldn't india possess the intercon? of course it should have them and should be welcomed into the club. though i am unsure how intercontinental missiles would help india with its 180m islam folks at the back, and another 180m on left flank, when capital new delhi is minutes away from china camp by ballistics, and air-breathing drones can cover the entire sub continent stealthily from the commanding height from where india must seek permission for 100% of its drinking water - maybe there would be a time for get-serious resource nationalism. but, in all cases, welcome to the club. it is simply too funny that folks can believe for a fraction of a mo that a few dirt tracks at the foothills of the tallest mountain in the world would eventually lead to intercontinental anything no one bothers to think for a moment, india buys oil from iran, says no to team usa pressure, want to sign up with shanghai cooperation organization to stand alongside moscow and beijing, essentially represents essentially a complement to china in enough ways, and perhaps can do better in all that it does if it possessed truly INTERCONTINENTAL as opposed to mere transcontinential ballistics able to reach everywhere on this planet? the end result would simply be that so everybody is covered by everybody's intercontinentals ... in my view a balanced eventuality assuring very extremely stable equilibrium ;0) either all go nuke and intercon or no one should have nuke and intercon. democratic pakistan and universal suffrage iran are supposedly aiming for club membership, perhaps with help from traditionally dynastic n.korea let us see how those developments progress. trust the corporate press is less enthusiastic in the latter two cases based on some unique theory or another un-singular standard.