the back burner

In an increasingly anti-nuclear frame of mind

...I ran across a radio interview today with Mahatma Gandhi's grandson. It turned out to be a volatile combination. Folks, I just gotta say that I'm more and more perplexed by the vagaries of the global nuclear scene today. Iran faces international ire (especially from the American Ambassador to the UN, Tom Bolton) over uranium enrichment. India gets George's blessing to continue to research and develop it's own nuclear capacities despite tensions with Pakistan. Speaking of which, Pakistan itself seems to have earned a blind-eye benevolence from the United States due to cooperation in the war on terror.

Meanwhile, North Korea starves its citizens as a result of strict international sanctioning and huge government investment in nuclear weapons.

Can someone please explain? I was shocked to hear this fellow on the radio actually articulating a pacifist viewpoint! He seemed educated, well-connected, and bright enough, but he certainly maintained a critical perspective of the current Indian administration. "Too materialistic and militaristic!" he said. "We've abandoned our long-standing heritage of non-violence." He basically held a viewpoint that I've always been told is naive and impractical. I liked it. Hmmmmm.

(Of course, I can't post the above comments without also noting that India's non-violent heritage quickly collapses when confronted with Christian evangelism.)