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reply posted on 9-11-2008 @ 02:51 PM by N. Tesla
reply to post by pexx421


first of all im not even sure how this became a thread on morals. second of all is milk seriously bad for you?

i don't support America or most of its actions. but i _javascript:gvid()honestly and truly believe that nukes are necessary to maintain order. as for the japan thing i was somewhat aware of the fact that they already wanted to give up and it was just a test but one way or the other it saved American lives. i would argue this same argument for any country. if i lived in Russia i would argue that Russia should have nuked Afghanistan and cut our losses. if i lived in Afghanistan i would have argued the opposite. the point is that America is a #ed up place and that the only reason it still has the nukes is because it has the most. so who's gonna argue with the big guy?


reply posted on 9-11-2008 @ 04:09 PM by stealthyaroura
reply to post by Nohup


NOHUP you took the words rite out of my mouth about overpopulation of this planet! some just don't get contraception especially those in the 3rd world, tough talk heartless but that is how i feel. oh i cant feed my 9 children and I'm afraid if YOU dont help ME they may die, god forbid' the truth hurts they should take responsibility before conceiving so many offspring i have little pity. not that i mean you share my feelings NOHUP.


reply posted on 9-11-2008 @ 06:59 PM by pjmcginty
reply to post by Velvet Death


"Japan was stupid. They should have surrendered when Germany went down. They wanted to fight to the last man, woman and child so they had to be shown they were really defeated."

Well actually they tried to surrender, twice, they just didn't want to have their Emperor step down (since hes also the head religious figure). Anyway, because they wouldn't agree on that they nuked them into submission. And also to send a message to the commies that it was gonna be the US not the Russians who will come out as the main superpower.

More on topic though, it isn't fair, but war isn't about fairness. Its about power and control, whoever has the most dictates the show.

Nukes in general are obsolete in a sense, precision low civilian casualty weapons are in, mass death is out. Not that they aren't a great last resort "if were going down yer going down too". But the amount of negative PR which comes with killing millions of innocents simply to cripple an enemy would be extremely far reaching. Whatever the outcome, world opinion of the country who presses the button would be drastically lowered and relations would suffer.
A nuke is lose/lose. No one benefits. And obviously more dangerous in the hands who have nothing to lose, and live with so much hate.


reply posted on 2-12-2008 @ 09:39 PM by Underbelly
Originally posted by Redneck from Hell
How can developing nukes benefit humanity in any way!!!! If you were Japanese who had someone in your family ( civilians by the way ) who died or were permanently damaged you would sing a VERY diffrent tune.
Okay the US isn't the only one, but the only one that really matters if you skip all the BS.
For god's sake it's even ok for the US to have military bases all over the WORLD!! This is obsulutely unecceptable. You may say they
re just there to help, but it's not good for humanity's future. How would you like for the Japanese to have military bases here in the US? Not much, but we have bases in Japan!! God I'm so sick of my country, most people don't even know these sort of things and it's sickening.
I hope there is a NWO and that they enslave us, because we don't deserve to have freedom for being so ignarat and selfish.

The Japanese have American bases in their country because they want them there. If the Japanese people, by a vast majority, demanded the closing of American bases tomorrow and for servicemen and women to go back to the US then it would be done.

As for the proliferation of nuclear weapons, unfortunately it's a fact of life, and nukes won't go away. Remember that Japan possesses so much weapon's grade plutonium that if they converted it all into warheads, then Japan would have a nuclear arsenal bigger than America's. They keep it stored as insurance.

Nuclear weapons should be used as a deterrent only and countries who possess them need a clear policy which defines them as such. It is very dangerous when countries openly talk about the annihilation of other countries and have a secret nuclear weapon program though. That is why it isn't a great idea for Iran to have them.
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