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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Sol System: [QB] "Also, no nation should be allowed to have a nuclear arsenal. No one needs that much power anyways!! In fact, ballistic missles as well. We should take away these horrible weapons from all nations. They can kill people, and they are terribly dangerous." "Sounds absurd, doesn't it?" Um...no? Brilliant, I'd say. Also unworkably utopian. Still a good idea. "How many nations would agree to this?" Aside from Brazil and Argentina and South Africa? (All nations which voluntarily ended their nuclear weapons program after suitable international pressure, I believe. Though my recollection is a bit rusty, and it might only be one of these nations.) It depends on how sweet the offer is. Don't have nukes or we'll kick your ass won't entice as many nations as don't have nukes and we'll set up a sweet trade deal. Flies, vinegar, honey, etc. Do you, then, think that every nation has a right to a nuclear arsenal? I don't mean to sound snippy, I'm genuinely curious. This is something I was thinking about the other day. If so, you are at odds with, well, every nuclear power. Consider the fuss raised over Pakistan and India. And I'm willing to bet large sums of money that both of those nations will be on the side of the other nuclear powers when the next nation decides to build a few warheads. Most nations, it seems, simply don't need to have any nuclear weapons on hand. In the current geopolitical climate, any nation using them in a war is going to be an instant pariah. And while they're good for intimidating enemy nations, there aren't too many enemy nations around. A glance at the map shows that most conflicts these days are internal, and not the sort where really, really big bombs are all that useful. (You wouldn't want to be using nuclear bombs to clear out a neighborhood of Bosnian Muslims when they're just a few blocks away from your own home, etc.) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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