Is there anything more cowardly than WMDs like Trident that are designed to kill civilians by the millions?

Question

What use is Trident against suicide bombers?

Answer 1

I think those guided missiles are the gayest crap man has ever invented. Killing someone who you couldn't see, couldn't see you, and had no idea that he was about to be blown to pieces by a missile launched by a guy from a thousand miles away by just pushing a button? What has mankind come to? Is this how we fight wars now, without any honor? If the Spartans at Thermopylae found out about this, they would all be pissed. I mean, they fought a million Persians so that western civilization could survive. Because of this, western civilization became the greatest the world has ever known. But what did this civilization do when they became the greatest? They start fighting like cowards!

I believe that all battles in all wars in all nations of the earth should be fought within visual range. Because of this, the victors of conflicts will be determined not by how advanced their technology or how rich and loaded their nation is, it will be determined by the bravery, skill, and valor of the men in the ground, and the intelligence, wisdom and the charisma of their leaders.

Answer 2

Saying they're designed to kill civilians by the millions doesn't really show an understanding of there point.

The deterant offered by the weapons themselves is a strong reason for them, and this couples with the point that its designed to stop one country from taking over another based on the deterance.

Realistically theres no reason to believe that anyone would ever have to use them, unless it was in retaliation to a strike of a similar kind, in which case the point is lost as all civilisation would be quickly annihalated.

They are no offense against Terrorist bombers. They're there to defend us from other countries that have stronger conventional armies or other nuclear armaments.

Answer 3

Liberals and Terrorists are the only real cowards I am aware of.......and the only ones likely to cause millions to get killed in the first place. Dictators in third world countries (the Arab League, Korea, Communist China, Iran, etc.), the UN, European, and most African dictators allow their own citizens, or people they are supposed to help, to starve, be sold into slavery, or be butchered by opposition without mercy. What is more cowardly than that? The Trident has been used to kill anyone to date.

WMD's like the Trident or MX ICBM's serve as a powerful deterrent against other countries with nuclear capabilities and the twisted religious-political manifestos to destroy (kill) civilians by the millions that don't pray the same way they do.

I'm satisfied with my team (USA!)........Are you!?

Answer 4

Trident is no use, unless you are prepared to use it.

If it wasn't for the oil under the Middle East they probably would have nuked it by now.

When an American recently said they would like to bomb a semi ally back to stone-age, I found that hilarious, the country concerned is still technically in the stone age, and thus a nuclear strike might actually advance the country a bit...

Answer 5

You ask "Is there anything more cowardly than ..."

The answer is yes.

You. You are a coward. You refuse to face evil and can't understand how a moral nation might stand up to evil around the world. You make moral judgements without a moral compass.

You are afraid to face the real world.

Sam Adams said it more politely than I would so here is his wisdom:
"Contemplate the mangled bodies of your countrymen, and then say, 'What should be the reward of such sacrifices?' ... If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen!" --Samuel Adams

Answer 6

Trident is a DEFENSIVE measure. We aren't going to launch them at Cities, like in the now-dead Cold War. The point of having them is that it deters our potential enemies from attacking us. If we decided to scap our nuclear capability, then many Countries, who don't particularly like us, would be less opposed to a decision to attack us. By having nukes, we are putting them off going for us.

I am happy that we are renewing our nuclear assets, and will sleep well at night safe in the knowledge that I am being protected by Warheads.

I sincerely hope we'll never have to use them. But I know that if we do, we'll use them on military facilities, not Cities, like you think.

Put it this way, if someone tried to mug you, and you were a scrawny little person, you'd let him. If you were the same person, but had a gun with you, you'd show him the gun, and he'll probably back off. That's the Idea of having nukes.

Answer 7

although the effect of a WMD is to kill millions, they are actually designed to deter an attack.

Through MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) the theory is that nobody will attack because they know there will be a retalliation.

The theory is that terrorists will need help from a nation to gain such weapons, and the weapons are usually traceable, so any nation that helps terrorists get hold of such material will face the backlash. This should be enough to deter any rational person

Answer 8

a million. We use actual WMD's 2.That grow to be the previous administration. the present one has committed to start withdrawals interior of sixteen months IF the Iraqis won't fall into chaos as quickly as we do go away. 3.would not it have been a boat loas greater convenient if Saddam had merely allowed UN inspectors to go searching interior the 1st place ? We would not have invaded or allowed Iran to invade Iraq. 4.They helpful placed a great style of time,money power and attempt attempting to persuade me they look after a bunch of folk who do no longer.

Answer 9

Suicide bombers

Answer 10

Development of weapons is not cowardly. The ultimate goal of war is to win. Patton said it best "The trick is not to die for your country, but rather to make the other guy die for his". A desire to be the strongest and thereby protect your citizens through that strength is just the most intelligent course for any government to pursue. Enemies respect power and diplomacy is enhanced through respect even when that respect is grudgingly given. I would like to see all weapons of mass destruction eliminated, but this is a utopian view which defies rational logic regarding the true nature of the world at this time.