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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (7929)	4/30/2009 8:15:12 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86356

Listen Blackie, if you are right, and I would say the odds are you wil be, then, it is "probable" our grandchildren will not live a full life. All it would take is for one person to become psychotic and irrational, or a sociopath, and psychosis can happen real fast and no one is immune to it. Cheney seems pretty close to it now and Putin. I remain optimistic China, Russia, India and Russia will realize the statisitcal reality and together they can force other nations to get rid of them. I am too old to care, but I worry for the children. >> I am hoping Russia, China and the US will get rid of all of them and then not allow any other countries to have them. They all have to go. Frankly koan I think it is unrealistic to ever expect that. It is not in the nature of man IMVHO, for the very same reasons that theoretically egalitarian systems like communism can never work. It's just not in our genes. And BTW they would never get rid of them ... simply because they would never have a big enough stick to prevent any other nation from getting them and having an advantage.. Some dreams will always be just that ... dreams..<<

To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (7929)	4/30/2009 11:30:06 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86356

I think the reason we won't ever totally be rid of our nukes is because without them the world would be a far more dangerous place. The world is a dangerous place full of ambitious people. The only thing that keeps things in line is knowing that any aggression against us by another state might be met by full retaliation. What we have to worry about are the non-state proxies of other hostile governments using WMDs against us, especially biological. Of course, it's pretty likely that any biological attack could be traced back to those countries engaged in such research.. and the nukes will fly.. But most likely, biological warfare is extremely difficult to control and can wind up killing your own people are easily as the enemy. Hawk