war in iraq Options

[brian_deegan]

do you support it or no?

[dasturbd]

I don't see why the American government can say that it's alright for them to have nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction while it's totally wrong for any other country to have them unless they've allied with them. They're scared of them being used? Well, as far as I'm aware, the only time a nuclear weapon was used to kill people was in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which the Americans themselves dropped, killing hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians.

I don't have a firm belief on which "side" of the argument I'm on, but since quite a lot of you seem to be arguing pro-American, I'm just suggesting some other points of view.

First off, there is a huge difference between a nuclear bomb and an atomic bomb. Had we dropped a "nuke" they would cease to exist and so would all life there. The magnitude of a blast from a Nuke would have wiped Japan itself off the map.

Secondly, it was pretty much revenge for Pearl Harbor and the attack on our men at Battleship row. No sorrow for those that died that day??

It's one thing to posses nukes, but to actually use them is another. We form alliances and have peace treaties for a reason. The nuke is simply a scare tactic. Many countries have them, not just the U.S.; however, it's unlikely that anyone would really use them, but to at least say that they (countries) have one, so they may all stand toe to toe with eachother. It's like a stare down.

You then come in contact with the unreasonable, the Kamikazes so to say. The ones that don't give a crap about human life, even their own. These people may just pull a trump card and decide to push their "red button" one day...and we just simply can't allow that.

When it comes to nukes and the rules of engagement for possessing/using them, it's not just about saving mankind in the U.S., it's about saving mankind period.