SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Politics : View from the Center and Left
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: Mary Cluney who wrote (69100)6/4/2008 12:52:04 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 542152
 
I'll bet China and India would jump at the proposal to give up nuclear weapons if we gave up nuclear weapons.

I'd take that bet, except I don't think we will ever give up the nukes.

If we had no nukes, China would be concerned about Russia, and India's nukes. India would be concerned about Pakistan's, Pakistan would be concerned about India's and to a tiny extent Israel's, and also the prestige they feel from being the only Islamic country with the bomb. Other countries also feel prestige or a sense of power because they have the bomb.

If every country but China gave up the bomb, than China would like the fact that it has a nuclear monopoly. The same would hold for other countries.

World wide nuclear disarmament is not utterly impossible, but it goes beyond what would normally be called "far fetched". Its like Bob Barr winning the presidency next election, or maybe even less likely. Its close enough to impossible that its not really worth taking seriously at the moment.
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  

HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2025 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News