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To: Suma who wrote (158667)	3/1/2005 10:04:20 AM
From: Augustus Gloop	Respond to of 281500

I don't want to stop countries from addressing their power needs. That said I'm a little suspicious of a country that needs nuclear power when below them lies one of the worlds largest known oil supplies. I also worry about the stability of Government in many of these nations. While its true that we already have instability in former soviet block countries, NK, Pakistan and I'm sure several more - I can see no good logic behind taking the attitude that since a few unstable countries have them we may as well allow them all to have them. I think everyone on earth wants to know that technology that could wipe the planet out is being used and safeguarded responsibly. We could wipe them out with our missiles but that isn't what we want. It's one thing to have them - it's a whole different matter to use them. I never want another nuclear weapon used against a country again. As far as the UN goes I find myself lacking a degree of faith in them these days.

To: Suma who wrote (158667)	3/1/2005 10:36:59 AM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

"The only comeback to rational thinking on this as I see it is to say Rogue nations cannot have nuclear power. And it is us who decides that. Marking the world safe for Democracy." It may strike you as arrogant of me to say this but I am not willing to live in a world with rogue states having nukes. If that doesnt meet your definition of fairness, tough. "If you were a small country and you knew the power of the U.S. would you not feel more secure knowing that you had some cards to play in the game of poker ? It's one upmanship... " Nope. Nations attained nukes as reaction to others. Russia has nukes so china needs them. China has them so India feels threatened and rightfully so back then. India gets them so Pakistan feels the heat. Thats proliferation and it should be stopped and reversed as best we can. But today rogue nations are playing in the water. You cannot have this NK regime with nukes for an extended period of time before they will be used. Same with Iran if current Mullahs are indeed crazy. And if they are not crazy there is no need for them to have nukes, is there? Who threatens them? The US you might say but its crazy to think that the US is a threat to a non-crazy Iran. mike