The blame for what has happened in India and Pakistan belongs mainly to India, represented by an intolerant Hindu nationalism, whose leaders include people determined to subdue or expel Muslims and make India into a Hindu state ... The Hindu nationalists-led Indian government is responsible for escalating the Indo-Pakistani struggle to the nuclear level. After the Indian tests, ministers in Vajpayee's government had made implied threats concerning Kashmir ... The introduction of Hindu fanaticism into India's national politics is more important than the bomb tests.             - William Pfaff, International Herald Tribune, 3 June, 1998