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Gallup asked Americans whether they would be willing or not willing “to have the U.S. government do each of the following” and then listed an array of options.
For example, “assassinate known terrorists” drew the support of 65% of all adults. “Torture known terrorists if they know details about future terrorist attacks in the U.S.” won the backing of 39%.
Finally, the option of using “nuclear weapons to attack terrorist facilities” drew the support of 27% of adults, with 72% opposing, which would shatter the taboo on using these weapons militarily since the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Experts agree that the power of today’s weapons, their range of damage and the peril of drifting radioactive fallout far exceeds the bombs used against Japan. That support has declined 7% since 2001, however.
Proliferation (of WMD): The spread of WMD. Horizontal proliferation refers to the spread of WMD to states that have not previously possessed them. Vertical proliferation refers to an increase in the amount or devastating capacity of any currently existing WMD arsenals within a state.
Source: NTI
Originally posted by djohnsto77
Since the United States invented the atomic bomb and we are currently reducing the number of our strategic nuclear weapons, proliferation obviously doesn't apply to us.
Originally posted by CazMedia
Look if you as a nation decide the USA is bad for possesing nukes, go ahead and tarrif us IF YOU CAN!
The economic reality is that if you want to cut your nation off from trading with the country that IS 1/3 of the entire global economy, someone else will fill your shoes. Can your country even afford to lose that level of trade?
Originally posted by djohnsto77
Since the U.S. has a current account trade deficit, trade blocks would probably help the internal U.S. economy so try again Ace!
Originally posted by AceOfBase
I'm not saying they should use economic sanctions like cutting off all trade.
Just a tariff of 20% - 30% or maybe more. That would only slow down other nations trade if the US decided to impose retaliatory tariffs.
Originally posted by DrHoracid
I agree the US should disarm, we should launch everthing we have right now at the rest of the planet................
Originally posted by namehere
if our interests were put at risk, we would do more than retaliatory tarrifs, we would do blockades, cut trade routes, anything to strangle the new enemy then invade if its neccisary to end the problem
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Originally posted by djohnsto77
OK, so the price of Microsoft Windows and Office goes up by 1000% in your country and we buy California wine instead of French wine...who really gets hurt by this I ask you???