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0 pointsanigbrowl14d ago0 comments

So what? Pakistan got nukes and still has them. Despite decades of antipathy and ongoing conflicts over Kashmir they have managed to restrain themselves from firing one at India, or even saber-rattling.

The thing about nukes is that they massively disincentivize military attacks on your sovereignty. That strikes me as a perfectly legitimate reason to acquire them.

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joe_mamba14d ago

>So what?

If that's as far as your logic takes you, there's no point arguing with you further.

>Despite decades of antipathy and ongoing conflicts over Kashmir they have managed to restrain themselves from firing one at India

You think India is OK with Pakistan having nukes?

anigbrowlOP13d ago

Sorry, I feel no need to accept your premise that Iran simply cannot be allowed to have one.

India (which also has nukes) may hate that Pakistan has that capability, but there's nothing they can do about it. I'd say Pakistan is considerably more secure with than without. And despite being an Islamic country with a nexus to terrorism they haven't blown up any western countries.

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