Radio Free Europe: U.S. Urges Pakistani Nuclear Restraint, Help With Afghan Peace Talks
U.S. President Barack Obama urged Pakistan to avoid risky and destabilizing developments in its nuclear weapons program while working to help reignite peace talks between Afghanistan and the Taliban.
Obama's 90-minute talk with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at the White House October 22 came at a time of high tensions between Pakistan and its neighbors India and Afghanistan.
Washington has been concerned about Pakistan's development of new nuclear weapons systems, including small tactical nuclear weapons, and has been trying to persuade Pakistan to commit to restraining growth of those weapons.
However, Pakistani officials said Islamabad will not accept limits to its weapons program and argue that smaller tactical nuclear weapons are needed to deter a sudden attack by India.
WNU Editor: Here is an easy prediction .... Pakistan is not going to limit its nuclear weapons program, and they will do what is in their best interests in Afghanistan .... not on what the U.S. wishes.
2 comments:
but... they will be on the wrong side of history if they don't listen to Obama
Respectfully,
If Obama told me indoor plumbing was good for personal hygiene, I'd throw out the toilet (there may be "moderate" e coli floating around in there) and have the Russians build me an outhouse.
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