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Xtreyier: "Nukes are terrifying
and horrifying solutions to solve problems and must be prevented
from proliferating ...........to us and our next generations
....."
If that is the case, dont you think from the logical point of
view, all nuclear weapons should be destroyed & banned forever
for the sake of mankind. (Please read my 1st post on this issue
dated 28.05.09).
I fully agree with you that ALL nukes should be destroyed and
banned forever for the sake of mankind.
But how can the superpowers even begin to talk about nuke
disarmament when planet Earth's mother son two bit
dictators are secretly building up their nuke arsenals? The
superpowers tried a few times with the SALT talks, and there was
hope when Yeltsin administered Russia, but not now, with greater
proliferation.
There are some who believe that every nation should own nukes,
then if each knows each other has them, then they will not use
them, for it would mean MAD ( Mutually Aided Destruction)
But this is a fallacy, for humans are not perfect, let alone
leaders of nations as nutcase Kim had proven. He is willing to
sacrifice his starving people in a nuke provocation to protect his
rule (misrule). He only needs to hide under well built shelters and
when the bomb drops, millions die. When the dust is settled, he
walks out a free man, to postuer and sue for peace with the balance
of his nukes.
How many more leaders of the tripe that are similar with nutcase
Kim? Many more, I assure you, from 3 world impoverish states,
impoverished only because of their corruption, mismanagement and
anti-humanity ideologies.
I am no greenpeace peacenik or tree hugger. I believe military
deterrence will protect peace, but nukes are too far a terrifying
and awesome force to be held in hands of humanity, no matter
how lofty in idealism a leader is.
Thus we MUST prevent nuke proliferation today, starting with
nutcase kim. Realistically, I may not live long enough to
see planet Earth nuke free, but in time with patience and
advancement of science, the horror of nukes will be removed and
rendered obsolute, such as space based weapons or lasers.