(02-28-2026, 08:41 PM)Ninurta Wrote:(02-28-2026, 08:25 PM)ANNEE Wrote: Thank you.
Not to sound un-America (ancestors from the 1700’s) - but who exactly consists of “we”?
No other country on this rock has dropped an atomic bomb killing more than 150,000 people. So - why do we get to have nuclear capability and others don’t?
Just to be clear I am not anti-aggression. Sometimes it’s needed. I’m just trying to understand the full/complete situation from a non-partisan source.
Again, my dinky 2 cents worth...
That. For precisely that reason."We" (as in "America") are the only ones to have ever used a nuke in anger, and therefore we are also the only ones to truly understand the horrors, the ramifications, and the guilt of having done so. We are, therefore, far less likely to use nukes than say, for instance, a rabidly radical religious zealotry.
Because we've been there. we've done that. And we've lived with the guilty aftermath. Only we know the depth of the ramifications. Only we have that deterrent to frivolous use.
We are the only nation on Earth to know first-hand the opprobrium of the world on that score, and even at times of our own citizenry. We are the only nation that has had to live with the results of our nuclear actions.
That, and also the likelihood that religious zealots probably wouldn't feel any shame at all by "Nuking for God". They seem to have a proclivity to laying waste to everyone if they think their god tells them to. That's not just Moslems - I have serious doubts that Christian zealots in general have outgrown that philosophy, either.
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I respect — agree — and enjoy your logic.
Maybe Bush shoulda listened to Cheney and the PNAC and gone after Iran instead.
I’m avoiding the religious zealots part. I was a Goldwater supporter. He warned us way back then of Christian Nationalism (they don’t get a pass either).
Anyway thanks to those who responded to my questions. I have more clarity now.
I say Get-R-Done — Get-R-Over-with . Don’t need another Vietnam.