31. As President Clinton begins his trip to South Asia, Peter Jennings sounds the alarm of a possible nuclear war between India and Pakistan. 32. As the danger of nuclear war recedes, we may have less to fear from rogue nations than from rogue viruses. 33. Back in those days, the fear of nuclear war pushed pro football off Page One, although that might not happen today. 34. A foreigner was telling their nation some difficult things about the threat of nuclear war and the loss of democracy and the awful consequences of economic stagnation. 35. A more scathing commentary on the absurdity of envisioning life and the normal conventions of civilization after nuclear war has yet to make its way into popular culture. 36. All this is happening at a time when the world is less threatened by nuclear war. 37. But a durable peace that ended the threat of nuclear war would be quite a consolation prize. 38. But debating about nuclear war was far different from debating the wrong war in the wrong place. 39. But both India and Pakistan are in denial about the possibility of a nuclear war. 40. But collateral damage in nuclear war would be unavoidable and extensive. |