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Originally Posted by ETR3(SS)
My 2 cents is this. Nobody else in the world needs to go nuclear. Now the reason being for that is that some countries (i.e. Iraq, Iran, North Korea) will more than likely abuse the power of nuclear power and use it to develop nuclear weapons if they haven't already. It's like giving a hand grenade to a toddler, someone is gonna die or be seriously hurt.
There's a certain amount of political and social responsibility that comes with nuclear power. Even here in the US, where the first operating reactor was built in the world, Americans are very much against the idea of nuclear power. To some of my countrymen the risks of going nuclear outweigh the rewards, even if it meant a clearer atmosphere.
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Like hell nobody does. Instead of pontificating that only the US and US-approved states should have the bomb, why don't the follwing list of countries dismamtle their nuclear arsenals ? Usa, GB, France, China, Russia , India, Pakistan (oh yes a country much less reliable than Iran) and Israel (NK is a joke so I don't even mention it) ?
What's good for us is not good for the rest of you it seems.
Unfortunately it doesn't work that way, the US is not the world's dictator. Every country that wants and has the technological means and money to initiate a nuclear program civil and military should do so.
What will keep them in line is nuclear deterrance.
Hey it has kept in line the US and the Soviet Union for over half a century so it works. And I surely won't panick if Iran one day announces to the world that it posseses a nuclear arsenal.