Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Wikileaks: Arms Race in Asia And The Middle East Can Lead To Nuclear War


WikiLeaks: Tension In The Middle East And Asia Has 'Direct Potential' To Lead To Nuclear War -- Daily Telegraph

Tension in the Middle East and Asia has given rise to an escalating atomic arms and missiles race which has “the direct potential to lead to nuclear war,” leaked diplomatic documents disclose.

Rogue states are also increasing their efforts to secure chemical and biological weapons, and the means to deploy them, leaving billions in the world's most densely populated area at risk of a devastating strike, the documents show.

States such as North Korea, Syria and Iran are developing long-range missiles capable of hitting targets outside the region, records of top-level security briefings obtained by WikiLeaks show.

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My Comment: These cables are all outlining a 'worse case' scenario. But when it comes to this part of the world .... and its centuries long history of brutal governments and wars .... the worse case scenario is usually the one that happens.

2 comments:

Mark said...

well sooner or later the worse case scenario has to happen, just from a statistical point of view.. sadly

War News Updates Editor said...

So true Mark, so very true.