Yeah MAD - also an old Ian Gillan Band single!
India has not been a member of the Nuclear Regulatory body so basically Bush is endorsing something he's against in Iran. At least, there is some element of dialogue in Iran, if a bit dodgy at the moment.
The US supports Israel - Israel has also illegally obtained the bomb and has never been inspected. Given the history of the threats to Israel, I suppose if I was a member of Likud, I'd need something as a deterrent.
But, to the Muslim/Arab world - it seems the US endorses countries like India, Israel but not their countries.
Also, something hypocritical about a super power with SEVENTY SEVEN THOUSAND nuclear bombs now ignoring international regulations and upgrading their arsenal plus the uranium tipped bombs they already shred Iraq with. - and at the same time finger wagging any country that wants to have their own.
Again, Bush The Fool plays into the hands of the Iranian Mullahs. The Iranians can see that the thugs running North Korea have the bomb and with nuclear China supporting them, the Commies there are rather safe. Understable that they might consider the same.
Back to India and Pakistan. Just at the time Roy Keane was doing that infamous walk with his dog, these countries were damn close to some form of nuclear confrontation.
Big danger now, is the Musharraf is hanging onto power by a thread with only some of his generals and army backing him and most of Pakistan supporting Bin Laden. Much of his country is off limits to that army so it wouldn't take much to have these two countries at each others' throats again - particularly if Musharraf is assassinated and you have a more radical Islamist government - supported by pro-Islamic army leaders - with their hands on those bombs.
Kashmir will always be the the bone of contention and Musharraf has asked Bush The Fool to help with the Kashmir problem, especially after making a nuclear agreement with India, I have a feeling that a poor response by Bubble Boy will only make things worse between India and Pakistan.
Same deal with the Palestinian question. Bush no longer needs to fear the powerful Jewish lobby in the US cos he doesn't need to get elected again - what better time to get Israel and Palestine (yes, even Hamas) back talking with the carrot to both countries of massive support if they can crack a deal but if not, then the promise of reduced support to both if they don't.
If President Chimp could somehow make real progress on the Palestinian question, this would have positive effects throughout the Islamic world - even after the disgrace of Iraq.
What an optimist I am.

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