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This implies that the blame will SOLEY rest on the USA's shoulders....it assumes that the other countries would be stupid enough to perpetuate the use of nukes. You are all here saying that simply by removing dominoes from the chain that you cant stop armageddon....
One nuke will set of a domino effect, when the last domino falls - it'll be the the end of the earth, simple as that..
This implies that the blame will SOLEY rest on the USA's shoulders....it assumes that the other countries would be stupid enough to perpetuate the use of nukes.
Yeah i expect that given the choice between letting a million people die and killing the rest of the world, other countries WOULD see the second choice isnt in their interest as much as the first one is.
What do you expect them to do? Turn the other cheek (or) let another Million people be blown away in seconds.
Originally posted by djohnsto77
Yeah you and what army? Ha ha ha
Seriously the United States seems to be the only strong remaining voice of sanity and moral clarity left in Western civilization. Others exist, but they are drowned out by the reactionary voices of France and Germany.
Originally posted by djohnsto77
Yeah you and what army? Ha ha ha
Seriously the United States seems to be the only strong remaining voice of sanity and moral clarity left in Western civilization. Others exist, but they are drowned out by the reactionary voices of France and Germany.
Originally posted by Ponderosa
Now you will say "that won't work", and i will say, "How do you know, if you haven't even tried?".
Originally posted by djohnsto77
yeah you and what army? Ha ha ha
Seriously the United States seems to be the only strong remaining voice of sanity and moral clarity left in Western civilization. Others exist, but they are drowned out by the reactionary voices of France and Germany.
Man o man, If there was such a thing as a prize for the most ignorant fool in the history of the world, i would definatally nominate you.
lost
granted, osama & company are no USSR - but if islamic fundamentalism is indeed a real threat, then there is still very much an interest in maintaining the monopoly on nuclear weapons.
"The strong do what they can - the weak suffer what they must...
-- Thucydides
in the end humans are still inately selfish - deal with it.