Not to be left out, the Germans, who are after all economically the most powerful and also possess nuclear technology, will also go nuclear, and this is what the rest of Europe and the United States really worry about. So, to no one's surprise, the Europeans do not want either the abolition of nuclear weapons or the end of the insurance policy that NATO represents for them. Given this reality, it is hardly surprising that NATO is not terribly keen on downgrading nuclear weapons, let alone abolishing them. That being the case, the usual sermons on how South Asians are knocking a global trend are nothing less than hypocritical. In my brief address to the gathering, I said frankly that we Indians do not take them seriously when they speak in such vein.
Nuclear weapons are likely to be around for a long time - for all the wrong reasons.
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