A world without nukes

[Screw_Michigan]

Do you believe it can be done?

I don't care if you think it should be done or not, I'm asking if it is possible. Does the US have to be the first to give up nukes if Global Zero is truly to be reached? I ask because I watched the first half of the Hagel hearing and the state of our nation's strategic arsenal was a hot topic.

I don't believe a world without nukes will ever happen because I don't think the US will ever give up having the final call. The power is just too addictive for the ever-expanding National Security State (TM) to give up.

What are your thoughts on the amount of spending on missile defense? Frankly I think there needs to be a huge cut in missile defense spending. We're not Israel, we have no need for an Iron Dome or Star Wars or any of that bullshit, for now. Losers like North Korea won't be able to hit us for years, the Chinese can't hit us and Iran doesn't have shit.

[smackaholic]

Do you believe it can be done?

No, it can't be done. You can not uninvent something.

I don't care if you think it should be done or not, I'm asking if it is possible. Does the US have to be the first to give up nukes if Global Zero is truly to be reached? I ask because I watched the first half of the Hagel hearing and the state of our nation's strategic arsenal was a hot topic.

I don't believe a world without nukes will ever happen because I don't think the US will ever give up having the final call. The power is just too addictive for the ever-expanding National Security State (TM) to give up.

you really do re-define weapons grade stupid, you know that?

What are your thoughts on the amount of spending on missile defense? Frankly I think there needs to be a huge cut in missile defense spending. We're not Israel, we have no need for an Iron Dome or Star Wars or any of that bullshit, for now. Losers like North Korea won't be able to hit us for years, the Chinese can't hit us and Iran doesn't have shit.

So, I guess we just wait till the missles are inbound, then get around to a defensive system, huh, general screwy?

[Screw_Michigan]

I'm offering an honest take in a forum that has been more lifeless than AP's heterosexual sex life.

[Atomic Punk]

Screw ball is trolling right? smacko, the PM's have taken you off the list of Nominees. Sorry buddy, you're off the list :(

[Dr_Phibes]

The Royal Navy always had its fleet pegged at 1.5 - 2.5, the size of its nearest competitor? If you're a bit *ahem* light in the wallet, it might be a good idea? Is this about reduction or elimination?

[Carson]

Keep dreaming, Mr. Naivity.

[Terry in Crapchester]

A world without nukes. Do you believe it can be done?

It was done, until about 1945 or so.

Albeit for different reasons: until about 1945 or so, man did not have the capability to develop a nuclear weapon. Now that we have that capability, I don't think it's possible to unring that particular bell.

I don't believe a world without nukes will ever happen because I don't think the US will ever give up having the final call. The power is just too addictive for the ever-expanding National Security State (TM) to give up.

If there were no nukes, do you suppose nations would develop other technology to accomplish mass killing? It has sort of been the progression for the better part of recorded history and all.

On that point, I agree. And to answer Screwy's question more generally, I don't think anyone who has nuclear capability would ever give it up voluntarily.

[Screw_Michigan]

The whole point of the Global Zero movement is that the US already has, minus the nukes, enough conventional weapons to wage mass destruction of any other state on the planet.

[smackaholic]

The whole point of the Global Zero movement is that the US already has, minus the nukes, enough conventional weapons to wage mass destruction of any other state on the planet.

So fukking what?

[Derron]

The whole point of the Global Zero movement is that the US already has, minus the nukes, enough conventional weapons to wage mass destruction of any other state on the planet.

Thank you for that compelling information.

Sin,

1960

[mvscal]

Do you believe it can be done?

Of course not. You can't put the shit back in the donkey. A world without nukes is a dangerous pipedream.

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

That image looks familiar.

Sin,

my pants, last night circa 11 p.m.