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To: carranza2 who wrote (116932)	10/16/2003 8:45:36 AM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (2) of 281500

> What do you think the Iranians want nuclear weapons for? For the same reason that most people who have guns want them; deterrence and self defense. Let's look at your question again: where would Iraq (and Saddam) be if they had nukes? The answer is a lot more prosperous than they are now. US would have had to find other solutions for its problem than starvation and bombing of Iraqis. And that takes more brains and patience than most politicians have. We now have nuclear wall from Japan to Iran (NK, China, India, and Pakistan). You are trying to stop this at Iran, but you will fail. Nukes are the great equalizer. Any country with sufficient nukes and long ICBMs (or even medium range ones) is assured of being left in peace. This force is simply too great to be fought off. If you really want to stop the spread of WMDs, then you need to find a way that will make them unnecessary. Nothing else will work because so long as there is necessity, there will be inventive solutions for that need. ST

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