At 11:48 PM 7/18/01 +1200 K.Feete wrote:
>>> (On a side note, why is it OK for the US to
>>>be armed to the teeth with nuclear missiles, but Horror Upon Horror for
>>>anybody else to have one? Honest, I wanna know. What makes us so much
>>>more responsible?)
>
>>Given that there is effectively zero chance of convincing the USA to give
>>up its nuclear weapons (or China, or Russia, and effectively UK or France
>>as well...), the best way to keep bad things from proliferating is to keep
>>additional countries from adding themselves to that list.
>
>Nice logic, but doesn't justify the paranoia or this strange term "rogue
>nations" I keep hearing thrown around.
O.k. simple question.
Given that nuclear weapons exist, do you think that it is just as good for
the United States to have a nuclear weapon as it is for Iraq to have a
nuclear weapon?
I await your answer.
JDG
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