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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mucus: [QB] Excellent. We finally have actual examples to ponder. So a quick synopsis would be: Omega would trust any government that he trusts already, with the additional burden of nuclear weapons. This means the US, and by implication its allies, and perhaps any democratic government. First would trust any government that hasn't and wouldn't use them in the first place. This parallels the nice rant in the Hitchhiker's Guide, paraphrased loosely... (The only people you can trust with power, are the people who don't seek it in the first place. etc. In short people are a problem) This does bring up an interesting problem with the US's initial acquisition of nuclear weapons, but we'll stick to the rules and ignore them for now. Now, lets work with the examples given, and more importantly the omissions. We'll discard the US as mentioned before, due to personal bias....and the UK as well for the same reason. (large numbers of forummites from both countries) 1) Now, India and Pakistan. As far as I recall India does have a democratic government. Despite Omega's implication, I would think that a potential conflict would be quite important. Perhaps with India's 1 billion+ population, more important than the number of people at risk in the WW2 Pacific theatre. As for necessary, we'll need more information, well Omega...please elaborate as to why India's democratic government might use nukes unnecessarily. 2) Omega's Running grudges idea vs. First's fighting chance idea for Israel: an interesting dilemna. Enough said. 3) Omissions: Lets start with US allies and work ourselves outward: a) Would we trust Japan with nuclear weapons? Democratic, US ally, seemingly no ongoing grudges... b) Russia: A rather glaring ommision, perhaps due to a bit of post-cold war chauvinism. Democratic, US ally, ongoing grudge against Chechnya...rather minor, much in the vein of say the US's grudge against Cuba or Iraq. Do we trust them with nuclear weapons? c) China: Not democratic, but no ongoing grudges, no invasions of foreign countries planned or on the horizon. So, assume that these three countries did not in fact have nuclear weapons, and were trying to acquire them. Would these be "legitimate" acquisitions of nuclear weapons or not? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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