The US have India by the purse strings, and India will do what the US says. I don’t think nuclear Armageddon will result in the fighting over Kashmir. It has not produced the kind of irresolvable stalemates that give rise to red button pushing to date.

Do you ever read "The Onion" ? There is an interesting piece regarding North Korea. That is where my attention is currently focused !

As far as the quote from Starlin is concerned, well we say the result of his political ideologies. I would question his judgment as to what is idiotic and what is not.

I still remember the Cuban missile crisis, when the US and the USSR were tittering on the brink of nuclear Armageddon, do you really thing either would have tolerated any political or military intervention by the UN or any one else for that.