Jeff Snyder -> Ross Cassell wrote:

 RC>> The Nuclear Genie has been let out of the bottle, it can never be
 JS> put back
 RC>> in, Nuclear disarmament cannot work so long as those with refuse to do
 RC>> without.. Right now, the USA or Russia isnt the problem. Its
 JS> countries like
 RC>> Pakistan, India, North Korea, Iran and China.


 JS> Hello Ross. Trust me, I understand the complexity of the problem. Yet at
 JS> the
 JS> same time, your statements are self-conflicting. You claim that the USA and
 JS> Russia are not the problem, while at the same time state that nuclear
 JS> disarmament won't work so long as those with refuse to do without. Can't
 JS> you
 JS> se that this is the main problem? If nations like the USA and Russia can't
 JS> trust each other enough to totally abandon their nuclear stockpiles,
 JS> then how
 JS> in the world is that leading by example, and how in the world is it
 JS> going to
 JS> inspire other nations to do the same? So in my mind, yes, the USA and
 JS> Russia,
 JS> and all of the other current Nuclear Club members are the problem. They
 JS> must
 JS> all be willing to surrender their nuclear armaments for the greater good of
 JS> the planet.

and leave themselves vulnerable to those they are trying to lead.

Yeah right.

 JS> I am not denying that there are problems with some of the other nations
 JS> that
 JS> you mentioned, but my whole argument has always been that before anyone
 JS> starts
 JS> pointing fingers at others, they better take a hard look at themselves
 JS> first.

I havent seen any major Nuclear saber rattling from the US or Rissia, we
have from India and Pakistan.

 JS> As I've already stated a number of times, it is hypocritical to say
"I can
 JS> have nukes, but you can't". For everyone to be on equal footing,
 JS> everyone must
 JS> give them up. The Nuclear Club members need to make nuclear disarmament
 JS> work,
 JS> instead of just pointing the finger at others. That's a cop-out and
 JS> shirking
 JS> their own responsibilities to the world.

You missed the part where I said the Genie was already out of the bottle.

 JS> A nuclear-free world is the only safe world, for all concerned.

Considering your revelation rattling, I fail to see why this matters to you
when the four horsemen of the apocalypse get here?

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