[garyhope]

You seem well informed. A little off topic, but what would happen if things go bad in Pakistan (as if they're not bad enough now) and the mobs, in concert with the Pakistan military were close to finding and taking possession of the Paki nukes and the West were to respond by taking by force or even by nuking the Paki nuke storage site? Are all the Paki nukes in one location?

If we nuked their nukes, would their nukes go critical and cause secondary nuclear explosions, or would they just be vaporized?

If it looked like the mobs were going to get the Paki nukes, would be just be safer if we nuked them first? Do you think we are prepared to nuke the middle East if they set off a nuke in the US?

Who would we nuke first, second, third, etc? Who would we leave? What would this do to the oil supply and prices?

[spycatcher]

Since we're in the area right now we'll try to steal their nukes with special forces

If that doesn't work, which it may not -- now that we lost the element of surprise, we would have to pull out of the area and consider a pre-emptive strike against Pakistan to protect ourselves and India. That may involve nukes to ensure they can't respond.

Israel may of course jump in at any time if they are then threatened by Iraq or Egypt, and since they likely have the best tactical nukes (neutron bombs) oil fields in Iraq for instance would be preserved for later use. They might even resort to The Samson Option

Nuking nukes wouldn't cause them to go off as far as I know.

[Don Joe]

"Do you think we are prepared to nuke the middle East if they set off a nuke in the US?"

Don't be silly, of course we're prepared to react in like kind.

Unless, of course, it would offend them.

Um... I just remembered -- it would offend them, dang.

Forget I said anything, OK?