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to: Geo.
from: John Cuccia
date: 2007-03-05 09:29:28
subject: Re: Breaching the NPT?

From: John Cuccia 

On Sun, 4 Mar 2007 22:53:34 -0500, "Geo."  wrote:

>Reducing yes, eliminating nuclear weapons is not possible, the genie cannot
>be put back in the bottle. The best solution is something like
>US/Russia/China maintaining some nukes so that they keep each other in line
>then all the other countries signing protection agreements with at least two
>of them each so nobody attacks any other country with impunity.

That'll never happen.  There's no way you can convince France, UK, India,
Pakistan, or Israel to disarm.

>The only other likely solution is for most countries to maintain a nuclear
>arsenal which is more likely to result in one being either stolen or used
>accidentally.

That isn't an "other likely solution", it is reality.

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