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| Pakistan to tell U.S. it won’t accept limits on tactical nuclear arms | |
| 2015-10-25 | |
... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... will tell U.S. President Barack Obama It’s very rare that I come to an event where I’m like the fifth- or sixth-most interesting person.... this week that Islamabad will not accept limits on its use of small tactical nuclear weapons, Pak officials said on Wednesday. Pakistain insists smaller weapons would deter a sudden attack by its bigger neighbor India, which is also a nuclear power. But the United States worries tactical weapons may further destabilize an already volatile region because their smaller size makes them more tempting to use in a conventional war. Sharif and Obama are due to meet at the White House on Thursday. The B.O. regime is preparing to sell eight F-16 fighter jets to Pakistain in an attempt to bolster the two countries' relationship despite Washington's concerns about Pakistain's growing nuclear arsenal, according to a U.S. source familiar with the matter. The aircraft sales, which the U.S. Congress could block, would be a symbolic step given Pakistain's already large fleet of fighter jets. The sales were first reported by the New York Times ...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... The U.S. wants Pakistain to commit to not using tactical nuclear weapons but Islamabad wants to keep its options open as a way of deterring a potential Indian attack, said Maria Sultan, head of the South Asian Strategic Stability Institute. Pakistain says the U.S. is demanding unreasonable limits on its use of nuclear weapons and not offering much in return apart from a hazy promise to consider Pakistain as a recognized recipient of nuclear technology. "Pakistain's nuclear programme is ... India-centric. And it exists to make war a non-option ... Tactical nuclear weapons block off this room (for war) completely," said a Pak security official with knowledge of the country's nuclear program. "No one can dictate what kind of weapons we will make or use." Pakistain was working on developing a nuclear submarine, he added. "The goal is a sea-based second strike capability," he said, referring to a submarine that could carry nuclear warheads and strike in case land-based nuclear weapons were wiped out. U.S. Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... met Sharif on Wednesday but State Department front man John Kirby declined to say whether a U.S. call for nuclear restraint was discussed. Kirby told a regular news briefing Pakistain remained engaged with the international community on nuclear security and added: "We believe that they believe in the importance of nuclear security issues." | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 I'm intrepretiing this as Co-Superpower Iran rival PAKISTAN's recognition of waging not worse than LIMITED WAR andor LIMITED NUCLEAR WAR - Tactical or Strategic - in this Obama-ian AGE/ERA OF [Us-led Anti-US]OWG-GLOBALISM". |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-10-25 21:37 |
| #3 They know obama will not do shit about it |
| Posted by: chris 2015-10-25 20:07 |
| #2 Send it back unchanged. |
| Posted by: Sven the pelter 2015-10-25 15:39 |
| #1 Neither will we. |
| Posted by: Sven the pelter 2015-10-25 14:23 |