On Mar 19, 11:30*am, wrote:
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 09:48:04 +0000





Graeme Wall wrote:
On 19/03/2012 09:40, wrote:
On Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:37:18 +0000
Arthur *wrote:
The world is not short of loony leaders. Those who invent technologies
always run the risk of losing out to others who copy it.

That doesn't answer the question.

People don't figure out exactly who is going to nick their stuff before
taking out insurance.

Good analogy , I'm going to remember that one!

On the other hand insurance companiea work out how likely you are to get
your stuff nicked /before/ working out the premium.

If the west hadn't had nukes russia would have rolled across western europe
long ago. Also given its a de factor dictatorship that threat hasn't
completely disappeared and who knows who'll end up running it when Putin
finally falls off his perch. And then there are unpredictable states such as
iran, north korea etc. Perhaps you have a crystal ball and can predict what
the world will be like in 20 years time but everyone else can't so its best
to err on the side of taking precautions. And if you're one of the people
who think that not having nukes means we'll never be nuked then perhaps
you should ask the japanese about the logic of that.

Iran is well on its way to having Nukes. They have already made
threats. A cursory knowledge of recent history should teach even
liberals to take Iran seriously, 444 days anyone?

Pakistan has nukes. Pakistan is very unstable, a failed state even.
On paper Pakistan may be an ally. Whether this is the case, and if
is, how long it will remain so, is up for debate.