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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: TimF who wrote (599869)2/4/2011 10:41:24 PM
From: J_F_Shepard  Read Replies (1) of 1584866
 
"Primarily for deterrence, secondarily for intimidation of others, and defense against non-nuclear attack that's strong enough to conquer them. Also sometimes to feel powerful or important, to be taken more seriously by other countries, and to distract the people with the feeling of progress to be powerful and important. Possibly in some cases to actually attack and destroy others."

Sounds like a good description of gun owners.....

"Iran or North Korea might want to deter intervention by outside powers in to wars that they themselves start."

Couldn't possibly be for their own defense, could it? I mean, that's why we have ours.....
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