http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Sat, 10 Jan 2004 12:40:29 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/01/09/123207.php#comment-36051 Agreed JR, I'd say there is little question that nuclear weapons are at least SOME kind of deterrent against SOME kinds of actions, including answering the question "why did we invade Iraq when there are other regimes as bad or worse, like North Korea. Possession of nukes by each country also helps explain a lot of the Pakistan-India dynamic as well. 36051@blogcritics.org Sat, 10 Jan 2004 12:40:29 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/01/09/123207.php#comment-36043 While we can't say for sure why the Soviet Union never invaded Western Europe or the U.S. didn't rush to the defense of Hungary or Czechoslovakia when they most needed it, it could possibly have had something to do with those nuclear arsenals. 36043@blogcritics.org Sat, 10 Jan 2004 11:13:42 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/01/09/123207.php#comment-36037 to be honest, i don't trust any country that has nuclear weapons. They simply don't work as a "deterrant" and if they're not being used as a deterrant, that means the country thinks it will use them someday. Then again, maybe i'm just a little cynical 36037@blogcritics.org Sat, 10 Jan 2004 07:07:10 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/01/09/123207.php#comment-36004 The good guys need more and bigger toys: who would you rather trust with nuclear weapons, the U.S. or North Korea, Iran, Libya, or Pakistan? 36004@blogcritics.org Fri, 9 Jan 2004 19:39:12 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/01/09/123207.php#comment-36001 the one irony is, that the US appears to be increasing its own nuclear stockpile. Then again, i suppose if they ARE the police of the world, they HAVE to have weapons other countries don't. otheriwse, they have alot less power over those other countries. 36001@blogcritics.org Fri, 9 Jan 2004 18:37:22 EST