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To: vegetarian who wrote (19402)	5/28/1998 5:44:00 PM
From: Oeconomicus	Respond to of 94695

Re new nukes, CNBC did an interview (a woman named Stern - don't know who she is, but she sounded knowledgeable enough) about this. She said sanctions will do more harm to Pakistan than India as it has always been more dependent on the West while India is more self-sufficient (at least since the Soviet Union fell apart). She said the motivation in both cases was short-term domestic political gain, but that public sentiment has soured on it in India and she expected a faster thumbs down in Pakistan. As for what good the sanctions really do, she seems to feel they accomplish little, but since there's really nothing else we can do, they are necessary. I was talking about 1962 before - does anyone think nukes were an issue then? ...Nah... Bob

To: vegetarian who wrote (19402)	5/28/1998 9:49:00 PM
From: Sleeperz	Respond to of 94695

Well the US government has TRW/Boeing building that flying space laser gun. boeing.com nacomm.org cl >>> If US is really interested taking a stand against nuclear tests, they need to come up with something more innovative than the sanctions. Any and all sanctions would have been discounted by the countries involved (they must have reached the conclusion that the sanctions do not seriously matter and what they are doing is more important). <<<

To: vegetarian who wrote (19402)	5/29/1998 3:12:00 AM
From: paulmcg0	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 94695

I agree with you that the sanctions aren't really going to harm the governments of India and Pakistan. But, they are going to harm U.S. business in the 2 countries, because American companies have to follow the sanctions or face legal problems and large fines. I admit that I don't know what it will take to convince India and Pakistan to disarm, but the U.S. has not set a good example in this area. We still have thousands of nuclear weapons and so does Russia. My own view is that any nation, including ours, that possesses nuclear weapons is uncivilized and run by ignorant barbarians. (I'm sure I'll get some flack for that kind of unpatriotic remark.) Paul M.