Launch of Calculated Chronocide

Well, it's a lazy Sunday today, and I finally got around to starting a blog like I've been wanting to for a while now. Let's see how this works out. Let's start off this one with a recent event.

The Bhutto killing has been all over the news, and there is quite an uproar within Pakistan. The main cause for concern is the nuclear weapons that Pakistan currently possesses in their arsenal. Given the extremely unstable situation in the country and the high level of "terrorist" group (such as Al-Qaeda) activity, these weapons could now present a realistic threat of being proliferated and one day used in a terror attack. Of course, the Pakistani government claims they are completely safe, but in reality, they would never admit to the opposite, leaving us with no real certainty that they are in fact safe.

The problem of a Nuclear Pakistan started back in the 1990's when the Chinese helped Pakistan develop the weapons. The Chinese supplied sophisticated equipment, technology as well as actual plans for a nuclear warhead. Detailed information about the Pakistani nuclear program and the role of China in the development of their weapons may be found on the FAS website.

Pakistan has nuclear weapons. It's too late to do anything about that. But there is always Iran. These two situations are extremely parallel. Russia is helping Iran just like China helped Pakistan. Whether Russian help is limited to helping build nuclear reactors (which greatly helps them develop nuclear weapons by itself) or if they, like the Chinese did for Pakistan, plan to make Iran a nuclear nation is anyones guess. One thing is for sure, you can bet they aren't doing it for the poor Iranian people who desperately need that Nuclear Power. They may claim that they have a "right to develop peaceful nuclear energy", but anyone who seriously believes that Iran is a peaceful nation has simply not studied its history. Then there is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

But that topic I will leave for the next entry.