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To: Augustus Gloop who wrote (72944)	2/27/2005 9:42:36 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

There are several success stories of countries that had nukes and got rid of them, and countries that were pursuing nukes and abandoned the quest. We're not pursuing the strategies that were successful there though - Bush don't do diplomacy very well. I predict Iran will have at least one nuke before Bush leaves office, much like Korea, and it won't be the end of the world. Bush just needs to make clear if AQ detonates an Iranian nuke in the US, Iran becomes a glass desert.

To: Augustus Gloop who wrote (72944)	2/28/2005 1:06:12 PM
From: geode00	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

"Does the fact that they have them make it good idea for Iran to have them too?" ----- It's a lousy idea for any country, including ours, to have nuclear weapons of any kind. Considering how much our government has changed in a scant 4 years, we never know when we'll be out using them all over the place. One of Bush's pet projects are 'tactical nuclear weapons'. Another one is SDI. One of the Neocon's pet projects is the militarization of space which, as far as I can tell, is SDI on steroids. We're just bristling with new and improved hardware that no one has any control over. How long before it proliferates? Pakistan, an iffy military dictatorship, is supposedly our good buddy (remember Afghanistan and the Soviets?) but it is also one of the worst sieves for nuclear proliferation ever. Heck, there were people out selling nuclear goods at trade shows. It's a total myth that any person, organization or government can keep hold of this technology. The only option is to stop developing it and destroy what we already have. Will it happen? Nope, we're too stupid for that.