We have decided that we will not fight. I said, if you come to a conclusion, yes, we're not going to do anymore. They stopped. They stopped just like that. This could have been a nuclear war. Probably would have been. back. The prime minister of Pakistan came and saw me and he was emotional about it. And in front of a group of people, he said, this man saved 3 billion, 5 million, maybe an untold number of lives. (09:51–09:54)
CLAIM
Asserts that a conflict between India and Pakistan could have escalated to a nuclear war.
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