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To: TimF who wrote (599803)	2/3/2011 9:54:53 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1583824

"Similarly its good that a decent number of law abiding citizens are armed, because many criminals are armed." That's why we have police...... "Also nuclear weapons don't do much in terms of defense. They deter (like guns) or they can be used to initiate an attack or retaliate for one (again like guns), but unlike guns they aren't very good at defense. They typically would not stop an attack (at least a nuclear attack, they could stop a conventional attack)." Then you are saying that all nuclear nations have nukes for deterrence not defense?? If so why are we concerned about NK and Iran building nukes for deterrence?

To: TimF who wrote (599803)	2/4/2011 10:45:40 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583824

"Also nuclear weapons don't do much in terms of defense. They deter (like guns) or they can be used to initiate an attack or retaliate for one (again like guns), but unlike guns they aren't very good at defense. They typically would not stop an attack (at least a nuclear attack, they could stop a conventional attack)." If your correct we've wasted a helluva lot of money building small battlefield sized nukes for artillery, ships, and planes...