While we are all a-twitter, in this part of the world, with the political primaries and fall elections, elsewhere on this planet the deranged policy-makers in India and Pakistan are considering using nuclear weapons on each other to settle ownership of a chunk of land called Kashmir.

Before pressing the nuclear buttons, they would do well to answer the following questions:

. Are you ready to see millions of your own citizens vaporized (especially innocent women and children)?

. How do you plan to dispose of the millions of corpses and carcasses afterward?

. Will you be able to provide medical care for the radiated casualties?

. Will what’s left of your country afterward be livable?

George Chebba

Hampden