On Feb 15, 2008, at 7:00 AM, Wolfe, Stephen S Civ USAF AMC 6 MDSS/SGSI
wrote:
> You have a point,
Thank you. That was all that I was trying to get across, as were
several others.
> but let me ask you this question -- do you think we
> have shown restraint in using the nuclear weapon since we used it one
> time and have studied over and over again the devastating results?
> Would other emerging societies exercise the same restraint?
It's true that we haven't used these weapons since, but it's not good
to fall into the trap of "well, at least we're better than ...".
Someone who commits a crime and then repents is better than one who
does not repent, but he's still a criminal, no?
Also, you do realize that you've steered the topic away from the
original one: namely, why do we have the right to nukes, while every
other sovereign nation does not? Sure, we feel that we're the most
civilized and the best equipped to act as World Judge, but that's a
position we gave ourselves; the rest of the world didn't appoint us to
that role. How do you normally react when some outsider feels that
they know better than you do, and takes it upon himself to set up
rules for how you and your family must live their lives?
-- Ed Leafe
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