Reply #235: Too many people have access [View All]

[H2O Man]

to weapons of near-mass destruction, or of actual mass destruction. And as tensions in certain parts of the world increase, in relationship to control of land for specific resources, more and more people are able to buy those bigger and more deadly weapons.

It's not entirely different from a neighborhood in a city. The middle east is an old neighborhood, with a beautiful and rich history. But there is a blood feud. There's different business associations, and there are competing gangs. And, even though there is growing violence, some genius named Hal Burton has been fronting for a friend that sells weapons. And each gang is willing and able to buy more destructive weapontry.

Does more than one faction in Pakistan have weapons of mass destruction? Even the components that put them close to being able to wipe out a neighborhood in the city?

That's scarey to think about. Because as the sun goes down, and the danger of the darkness becomes the greatest, it is an unfortunate pattern in human history that the least stable person with the largest amount of weapons attempts to come out of the alley to rule the streets.

Thanks, Hal, for fronting those weapons. And thanks for exposing one of the voices of reason who wanted to reduce the number of weapons and level of tension.