weapons, of mass destruction Options

[smile4me]

Should "weapons of mass destruction" be allowed to exist? is it necessary?
if so, what limitations/pacts/laws should be put on it?

if not, why? how will one prevent other countries from making these weapons in secret?

[funbobby]

I think unilateral is the word. Who wants a repeat of the Cold War? We have a beautiful planet, DO NOT let power and testosterone destroy it!

[*kryogenix*]

I think unilateral is the word. Who wants a repeat of the Cold War? We have a beautiful planet, DO NOT let power and testosterone destroy it!

Come on, that's a sexist low blow.

  It is funny and ironic how America must try and stop other countries from making WOMD, yet we have them and will continue to make them. Why are we the only country that is allowed to have them? Do other countries trust us that much? i think not.

We're not the only country that is allowed to have them. We have destroyed countless amounts of WMDs in the past, and are continuing to do so.

Okay you can say these countries are more dangerous and eager to use them, BUT lets not forget one very important thing.....which was the only country to use WOMD?...yep thats right America!...we are still to this day the only country!

Wrong. We are neither the only country nor the first country to use WMDs. We may have been the first and only country to use an atomic bomb during war, but bio/chemical weapons have been used before Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and bio/chem weapons have been used after as well, specifically, Saddam Hussein's gassing of the Kurds.

so wouldn't we be on the top of the list for not being allowed to harbor them? I am more scared of this country i live in and what we can do to other countries than what they can do to us.

See above argument.

[XoJennaoX]

We're not the only country that is allowed to have them. We have destroyed countless amounts of WMDs in the past, and are continuing to do so.

Exactly my point....have we destroyed ours though? of course not! because again we believe we are the only country that is capable of having them.

Wrong. We are neither the only country nor the first country to use WMDs. We may have been the first and only country to use an atomic bomb during war, but bio/chemical weapons have been used before Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and bio/chem weapons have been used after as well, specifically, Saddam Hussein's gassing of the Kurds.

i was speaking of the atomic bomb of course. Why should we be allowed to still make WMD especially atomic bombs? and then all other countries that are a threat to us we destroy their weapons ... we are the biggest hypocrites in the world for that.

[*kryogenix*]

Exactly my point....have we destroyed ours though? of course not! because again we believe we are the only country that is capable of having them.

Are you saying that we aren't really destroying them?

It would be stupid to just destroy all of our nukes at one time. we have treaties that say we will destroy x amount of nukes over x amount of time, which I think is the best way, because this means all parties in the treaty are lowering their number of nukes, while still retaining the ability to defend itself if another party withdraws.

i was speaking of the atomic bomb of course. Why should we be allowed to still make WMD especially atomic bombs? and then all other countries that are a threat to us we destroy their weapons ... we are the biggest hypocrites in the world for that.

I don't think we still continue to produce atomic weapons. Unless I'm mistaken, the only thing we do is maintain the weapons that we do have.

Why shouldn't we destroy the weapons of countries that are a threat to us? We aren't using unconventional weapons to destroy their weapons. Why is that hypocrisy?

edit:

think about this saying (actually this slogan was made in defense of the right to bear arms, but in principle, it's the same):

Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it

[*mipadi*]

I don't think we still continue to produce atomic weapons. Unless I'm mistaken, the only thing we do is maintain the weapons that we do have.

We do; in fact, in the last several years, we have begun developing new nuclear weapons, including one gravity bomb capable of tunneling through 250 feet of bedrock before exploding.