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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Elroy who wrote (245943)8/15/2005 2:23:51 AM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (2) of 1572196
 
"Don't you agree its in the best interests of the planet to not allow authoritarian dictatorial governments which are unpopular with their own population to acquire nuclear weapons?"

While I might agree with you, the brutal fact of the matter is that "authoritarian dictatorial governments which are unpopular with their own population" are more the rule than the exception in the world today. And, sadly, nuclear weapons are not outside of the reach of any country willing to put a bigger dick above the welfare of their people. Yeah, ok, nukes aren't particularly useful for most military objectives, but they make a certain kind of sense in a Tim Taylor sort of way. The problem is that unless you are a first world country, fielding more than a few weapons damages your economy an enormous amount. The money is usually better spent on building more capable fabrication facilities or something that leverages their actual strengths.
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