tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post116049533983895516..comments2023-11-05T22:35:31.766+00:00Comments on Neil Clark: Sadly, nukes do make you safeNeil Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10479041156190090119noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-1160586199323688682006-10-11T18:03:00.000+01:002006-10-11T18:03:00.000+01:00Neil, apart from the mid east, you forget the Sovi...Neil, apart from the mid east, you forget the Soviet attack on China in the late 'sixties, after they had a nuclear weapon, which is probably the best example. Also, the attack by North Korea and then China on the US in the first Korean war. Or by North Vietnam against France and then the US.Peter Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17401032333030427872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-1160586124302259562006-10-11T18:02:00.000+01:002006-10-11T18:02:00.000+01:00Paul,Nope, what we should do is have a country whe...Paul,<BR/><BR/>Nope, what we should do is have a country where change comes about by negotiation. If the management filth want to do something they should have to pay through the eyes and nose to do it.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12280305663941374991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-1160586035858746392006-10-11T18:00:00.000+01:002006-10-11T18:00:00.000+01:00"implacable opponent not just of the aggression ag..."implacable opponent not just of the aggression against Iraq" - and PROponent of Iranian nuclear weapons, shortly coming to a major city near you...Peter Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17401032333030427872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-1160581016175942392006-10-11T16:36:00.000+01:002006-10-11T16:36:00.000+01:00I think the vicious attack on Israel by the Hezbol...I think the vicious attack on Israel by the Hezbollah terrorists backed by Syria and Iran was major.<BR/><BR/>Anybody who doesn't understand that is either an Arab lackie or lacking in Middle East knowledge. <BR/><BR/>Thank God Israel has the ultimate deterrent.Jeremy Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02014279463894807064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-1160553995675024142006-10-11T09:06:00.000+01:002006-10-11T09:06:00.000+01:00Yeah, the problem is that Neil was making a genera...Yeah, the problem is that Neil was making a general point that no nuclear power has suffered a major attack. The UK was attacked by Argentina in 1982 and 20 years earlier, France was fighting the Algerian War of Independence...<BR/><BR/>OK, so Neil made his point badly, but the point is still valid. <BR/><BR/>Pollard obviously got the point, but wanted to get a dig of his own in. This begs the question: is working for the Oxford tutorial College worse than being one of Murdock's arse-licking scabs and helping to keep several thousand printers out of work?<BR/><BR/>Two can play that game...Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12280305663941374991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-1160550604155304202006-10-11T08:10:00.000+01:002006-10-11T08:10:00.000+01:00With respect, Kenny, I don't think Israel is a goo...With respect, Kenny, I don't think Israel is a good example. Their nculear programme has always been shrouded in mystery and the key point is that whatever capabiltiy they might have had in 1973 (most agree that it had no nuclear capability in 1967)-its opponents did not know of its nuclear programme- therefore it had no deterrent effect. I've already addressed the Hezbollah point in my update to the posting.Neil Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10479041156190090119noreply@blogger.com