Steve P vs. Chris H

Luke Weiger lweiger at umich.edu
Wed Oct 30 12:42:02 PST 2002



> It's worse. They've got more of them, and some really creepy fuckers
> could get their hands on them. Most rational people think that Saddam
> would use nukes, if he had them, only as a desperation move if
> cornered. Not Pakistan's nukes if AQ types got hold of them. But
> we're not supposed to talk about that now, because Pakistan is our
> friend now. It would be a cliche to call this Orwellian, but the
> context lends the cliche a little freshness.
>
> Doug

Pakistan already has nukes. Iraq doesn't. It appears that there's at least one relevant non-Orwellian distinction.



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