I never for a moment thought that the end of the Cold War
was the end of the Nuclear Age. Never in the long history of
" civilized " warfare has the latest technology been simply put
aside as a matter of " good sport ".
This morning's ominous headline : " India explodes H -bombs "
should awake us from our peaceful slumbers. It was of immediate
political consequence : headline USA TODAY - " India -Pakistan
tensions now have a hair trigger ".
The patron saint of modern pacifism, the great Indian Mohandas
Gandhi -still the most revered name in India -was assassinated
fifty years ago in 1948 . When disorder broke out in the volatile
Punjab region Gandhi " underwent a 72 hour fast to atone for
some Indians' loss of self control " (Encyclopedia Americana )
What would he do today ? Talk about a " loss of self-control " !
The Pakistan foreign minister, Gohar Ayub Khan , says India
has now " sucked Pakistan into an arms race ". He talks nonsense !
The United Nations can and should guarantee that no nuclear
war will be " won " on the Indian continent . It can treat India
at least as harshly as it treats Iraq .
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