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To: gate2wire

My initial thought on it was that we never used a nuclear weapon for any purpose other than ending a war. Other countries want to use these bombs to gain power over the world, and many of the countries that have or want nuclear weapons are too unstable and have too many enemies to guarantee that neither one would shoot in anger.


11 posted on 03/30/2009 12:43:18 PM PDT by Mind Freed
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To: Mind Freed

Very good. You don’t need the help of others. Sounds like you’ll do fine. :-)


18 posted on 03/30/2009 12:45:57 PM PDT by gate2wire
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To: Mind Freed
You answered your own question.

The world is "lucky" that the US had the first A-bomb.
If the Germans had it first, we'd all be speaking german.
If the Russians had it first, we'd all be speaking russian.
If Israel didn't have nukes, they wouldn't exist.
China has nukes - I think they see them mainly as a defensive weapon, and as a source of world prestige and power.
India and Pakistan nukes have probably prevented all out war between them.
Why does N. Korea need nukes? They can't even feed their own people. They only want them to threaten others.
Why does Iran want nukes? They're nuts!

33 posted on 03/30/2009 1:00:30 PM PDT by smokingfrog (The man who killed Baby Beluga.)
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