Another difference between India and Pakistan

Submitted by Steev (United States), Mar 5, 2006 at 09:47

India is a democracy, Pakistan is not. It is one thing for a dictatorship to have the bomb and it is another for a democracy with freedom of speech and an open government process inwhich leaders can be held accountable. There is a far greater risk for a dictatorship to use the bomb to stay in power than for a democracy to use it for political ends. There is a similar arguement that can be made about Israel in the nuclear club and keeping Iran out.

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