On Fri, 11 Feb 2005, Matthew Hunter wrote: > I can, however, easily separate out a list of nations that I > would not under any circumstances trust with nuclear weapons. > I can make an even shorter list of nations for which I would put > my life on the line in a military action to prevent their > acquisition of a nuclear weapon, or to destroy such capability > already in existance. While I applaud your willingness to risk death for the good of your country, I doubt we will see any more military actions aimed at states. Pakistan is there - probably NK; Iran (assuming that's on your list) seems likely to develop nukes whatever we do. I'm much more concerned about non-state actors - the flourishing and metastasizing al Qaeda, or Hamas, or some unknown group biding its time.