South Africa has nukes???
- montag813
Huh? South Africa did engineer several nuclear weapons as a 'research' project to show they had the capability ....BUT then they destroyed them and signed themselves into being a non-nuclear state, making them one of the very few nations that has had a nuclear capability but has decided to dismantle the weapons and cease from making more.
Thus i really do not see how a personage like UBL can acquire atomics from a nation that destroyed the nuclear weapons it had.
And since you mentioned something about 'taking all their nukes away' i think the most prudent thing we could do is take away the nukes of Pakistan since Pakistan is an Islamic state with a very volatile political strata (it seems changes in government are through coups and usurpers), a very broad anti-American sentiment among its populace, and ties between governmental agencies like the ISI and terrorist groups like al Queda (according to the British Government Pakistan is the leading terrorist nation in the world). Thus if you advocate neutralizing threats by removing the nukes of 'questionable' nations i think we should start with Pakistan ......unless you are one of those people who staunchly believe the Pakistanis are our 'allies!' (and if you are please explain why it was reported yesterday that some of al Quedas bigger 'luminaries' are bein protected in Pakistan with the knowledge of Islamabad? )
Anyway succinctly put S. Africa destroyed its nukes over a decade ago, willingly actually. Pakistan on the other hand is a huge threat just simmering and waiting.
You decide which is more pressing.