Are America, England and other "Friendly" nations destined to be the ones that destroy the planet?

Question

We hear so much about North Korea's nuclear weapons and the vast arsenels of munitions that other countries posses.
Would it not be a better idea to get rid of our own nuclear inventory, instead of threatening other countries to get rid of theres?
As long as 1 nation has the weapons, other nations are going to develop them

Answer 1

it"s the friendly nations i have a problem with when you talk about nuclear weapons for what freindly nation wants or needs them .britian and america are probability the "friendly" nations you are refering to, america is the only country who as far as i know who talks about nuclear strikes britian just goes along for the ride.as for destroying the planet we are all doing that anyway the global warming is" talked" about so much nobody seems to be taking much notice and thats where the problem is. the nuclear scare mongering is over shadowing the global warming threat

Answer 2

This was the question argued by CND and other left wing groups during the 60s. They wanted unilateral disarmament on ethical grounds. However, this really is pie in the sky.It is a simple fact that the only deterrent to nuclear warfare is to have the bomb yourself. What is scary nowadays is not that we and the US have the bomb but that unstable countries like Iran and N Korea have it. I don't think that N Korea is a real problem because I hope it is merely scare tactics but Iran is another matter. So great is their hatred of all things non muslim and, as some muslims, as they have loudly proclaimed, love death it seems impossible to get any sort of diplomatic dialogue going.

Not since Hiroshima have the Western alliances dropped a bomb in anger but I am sure that they will return the compliment to any country that attacks the West by nuclear bom bing.

Armageddon, maybe, but not started by the West.

Answer 3

Nuclear weapons are already everywhere and you want us to get rid of ours first. Are you really that naive? If we were to destroy every nuclear weapon we have tomorrow than we would be attacked by someone the day after tomorrow. It isn't the weapons that are attacking us it is the countries behind the weapons. As long as you think of simplistic answers that is how long you will be wrong. The world is not ready for simple answers yet and it may never be ready..

Answer 4

That is a retarded question. If it wasn't for America's and Englands nuclear weapons.. we would have been blown off the face of the Earth back in the Cold War. The Soviet Union surely would have used their nukes on the U.S. if they knew that the U.S. didn't have any to fire back at them. So it's a good deterrent. It seems we are the only countries along with Canada, Japan and Austrailia to have morals.




-Proud American!

Answer 5

You have a very good point Seems any time another country develops any type of nuclear technology the U.S. government has a hissy fit The U.S.. should be the 1st to figure out how to get rid of the nuclear waste seeings as we were the 1st to have the technology. Them we should be the 1st to start getting rid of nuclear arms They do not serve any real purpose, Think about it If they ever get used again It will be the end of the human race

Answer 6

The UK is the nation destined to be the last one left behind. Read Children of Men by P.D. James (the movie is based on it) or watch V for Vendetta.
Both cases depict scenarios that because of Britain's island status and necessary isolationist rules becomes the only "civilised" country left.

Answer 7

The United States refused to support a world wide ban on land mines. Land mines are the biggest killer in the third world, not AIDS. Of course, the US also doesn't support providing low cost/no cost medicine to third worldcountries either to help fight AIDS.

Why would such an isolationist regime as the US support a ban on nuclear weapons? They can't even get "the right to bare arms" thing correct.

Answer 8

Because other countries like North Korea would still not get rid of theirs.

Answer 9

If we gave up our weapons then we better learn to speak Korean-Afghan-Chinese-Iranian and countless others because we won't own this country anymore.It will belong to the country with the most weapons.

Answer 10

ABSOLUTELY...We have met the enemy and "they" is "U.S."

We've found the weapons of mass destruction in our own back yards. If we have them, everyone else can have them too. Either they're legal or they are not. How is it fair to say if you are a particular race or religion then you can have guns but if you are of another race or religion, you can't? What kind of illogical reasoning is that??? Either you can or you can't...I vote for "CAN'T" for everyone.

Who is the U.S. to decide what is Mature, righteous, holy, good??? Look at the U.S. lifestyle and you will notice that we are the most immature of nations, the least righteous, holy and good of any number of the nations we judge as being incompetent to hold nuclear arms. With our present election system, we are as likely as anyone to elect a felon as president who would make Hussain seem level headed.