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To: Travis_Bickle who wrote (68967)5/28/2008 6:27:30 PM
From: quehubo  Respond to of 542129
 
Yes but you assume the religious fanatics in Iran care about this life. Even if they do, do you suppose WWII was initiated by leaders who thought they had a losing strategy?

WMD could be used against us and possibly not traced back to the nation that provided it. Who is going to launch a massive attack without a high assurance of getting the right target?



To: Travis_Bickle who wrote (68967)5/30/2008 6:20:24 AM
From: Cogito  Respond to of 542129
 
>>We have over 10,000 nuclear weapons and we can deliver them anywhere in the world.<<

Seminole -

That's a good point.

Kind of makes having fewer planes, ships, and soldiers not seem so much like "disarming".

- Allen