[Cicero]

I'm sure the scholarly expert would be horrified at the suggestion that he is a racist. No, more likely the problem is short memory and an inclination to exaggerate his own field of specialization, like most scholars.

On the other hand, the Soviet Union was a tightly controlled government. Pakistan swarms with Afghan immigrants and Muslim extremists. Its intelligence service and army are susceptible to extremist influence too. The problem isn't racial, it's religious. I'd rather trust Stalin with nuclear weapons than Bin Ladin. No, Stalin was not a nice guy. He murdered up to a hundred million people, but at least he kept his nuclear weapons and his military under tight control.

[swarthyguy]

you said He(Stalin) murdered up to a hundred million people, but so how are nukes worse than this? Plus what's forgotten is that Pakistan has promised it WILL resort to a FIRST STRIKE policy and is blackmailing the entire world with its nuclear sabre rattling. India is virtually inviting a first strike by its no first use policy.