Which nuclear powers would you say are most likely to ignite a nuclear holocaust?

[Mr. Nice Guy]

Originally posted by Giovanni Wine
I wouldn't trust much the USA either... in this "war on terror" they might trigger something awful, and they already showed us they are not afraid to use them

Yes, but that was in an entirely different day and age, with an entirely different set of circumstances.

[Ecthy]

That's cool. Next question (and last, just for the mods): what sort of profession are you heading toward by studying politics and philosophy (just thought about that one today, you see I think of you )?

[Buck Birdseed]

Ideally "World Famous Rock Star with lots of groupies". Failing that, I'd settle for either journalist or publisher, both of which I've been looking into.

[Ecthy]

Heh, thanks.

Anyway, many of those countries up there are officially no nuclear powers. And apart from a mysterious thing like Israel, I couldn't think of any country that wouldn't brag about having nukes, since nukes are there for deterrance, not killing (politically speaking).

[Saint Marcus]

I don't know why there are so many votes for the US of A.

Pop quiz: who is the only nation to ever use nuclear weapons in a war?

Originally posted by Dan Severn
dp

what's that stand for?

Double penetration. (not kidding here)

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by Saint Marcus


Pop quiz: who is the only nation to ever use nuclear weapons in a war?

And who wants to make a missle defence to defeat MAD...

[Mr. Nice Guy]

Originally posted by Saint Marcus
Pop quiz: who is the only nation to ever use nuclear weapons in a war?

Pop quiz:

Was the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in an entirely different day and age, with an entirely different set of circumstances?

[academia]

Argentina??????
We had a nuclear program years ago, but we gave up.
However, we had a couple of nuclear plants.
That´s all!!!!
We aren´t a nuclear menace!!!

[Az]

Or so you want us to believe.

[Mr. Nice Guy]

Originally posted by academia
Argentina??????
We had a nuclear program years ago, but we gave up.
However, we had a couple of nuclear plants.
That´s all!!!!
We aren´t a nuclear menace!!!

Well, excuse me, but this is where I got my list, and unfortunately I didn't have time to read the specifics on each nation.

[Saint Marcus]

Was the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in an entirely different day and age, with an entirely different set of circumstances?

Irrelevent. The fact remains that to this day, the US and the US alone, has ever dared to use nuclear weapons in a war. No other country, no matter how "evil" has ever done this. It's only logical to asume that a nation who has used these weapons of terror in the past, is more likely to use them again.

[monkspider]

Marcus makes a good point actually. We are the only country to lose our Nuclear virginity, so to speak. So even not taking into account the current war on terrorism, it logically follows that we would probably have less hesistation to use them again.

[Mr. Nice Guy]

At the end of World War II, no one else in the world had nuclear weapons than the United States, therefore there wasn't the threat of M.A.D. (mutually assured destruction). After using nuclear weapons the U.S. had time to convince the world that the bombing was justified, before someone else developed nuclear weapons and retaliated against the U.S.

[Buck Birdseed]

Considering how few consider that worst act of terrorism in recent history to be justified, the US has largely failed in that respect, I'd say.

The circumstances aren't radically different either. If the US could drop the bomb on civilians in enemy land without bringing down world opinion on itself it wouldn't bat an eyelid.

[Az]

so basically , you're saying that the only reason the US doesn't use nukes now, is that it might get nuked itself ?