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Politics : Formerly About Applied Materials
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To: zonder who wrote (67211)12/23/2002 9:18:56 AM
From: michael97123   of 70976
 
"So the question, in my humble opinion, is not to embark on a futile quest to try and prevent other countries from having nukes. It is to make sure that whoever uses WMDs like nukes, chemicals, or biological weapons will be burnt ten times worse. "

Interesting statement. So when the Iraqis used wmd on the iranians, should the world have used 10x the amount of chemical wespons on iraqi targets or perhaps anthrax or nukes.
Living in a world like that sure appeals to me. But in your world since all leaders are sane and rational except Bush, there is no chance of this happening.
You are too young to remember the Cuban Missile Crisis. We were inches away from nuclear war. It was only after the CMC that the hotline was installed and balance of terror began to work.
As far as Saddam goes, he will be as reckless as he can be until it is proved to him that he is wrong. So if we appease him now, we will just face a stronger version years from now. Can't you even see the possibility of this. I can see the possibility of your solution working. mike
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