Meengla
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A nuclear armed country cannot or allowed to be turned into Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan or Yemen by International conventions.
Pakistani's nukes are extremely well protected. But don't be so sure about coordinated attempts by India-US-Israel combine to take out the Pakistani nukes. What helps Pakistan is the Chinese (and perhaps Russian) expertise. Pakistan has true allies! Not allies who could be sold off by a few billions $$ weapons purchase here or there, as India does.
My retort to you was about the utterly false notion of General Musharraf capitulating under just a phone call. As I said-- a false bravado by Musharraf in the Fall of 2001 would have led to Pakistan becoming a truly failed state. I gave examples above of the failed States.
Even if you are not old enough to understand what was going on in the Fall of 2001, you can look it up. Musharraf had no choice then and by his own admission, he knew what 9/11 had meant for Pakistan when he heard the news first. Reportedly, he asked the PAF chief as to how long the PAF could hold off an American attack: The Chief replied: After 3 hours, there won't be any PAF left. Pakistan had failed to neutralize Al-Qaida in Afghanistan especially after the USS Cole attack. Pakistan HAD tried but failed. There were skeletons in Pakistan's closet. Not that Pakistan ever liked Al-Qaida but they were 'guilt by association'. The Taliban rule in Afghanistan created that 'association'.