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In reply to the discussion: The Gun Is Civilization [View all]ellisonz
(27,711 posts)19. lol - you might as well give'em to them Cowboy...
BTW - No one is telling Iran they can't have nuclear energy, it's just that the odds that this is the case are very very very low.
The NPT is moral, just, and consistent with the ideals of international peace and security. Those that oppose the NPT are fools who view existence through a narrow prism that no self-respecting world leader can afford to be fooled by; the answer is not an arms-race, or proliferation, the answer is as few nuclear weapons as possible.
We cannot tolerate a world in which nuclear weapons spread to more nations and in which the terror of a nuclear holocaust endangers more people. And that's why we've begun to take concrete steps to pursue a world without nuclear weapons, because all nations have the right to pursue peaceful nuclear power, but all nations have the responsibility to demonstrate their peaceful intentions. - President Barack Obama, 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech.
Educate yourself - you don't seem to understand the awful threat of nuclear weapons and why your supposition of fairness in this regard is supremely ignorant:
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Hah. Notice how our gun nuttiness has kept us from becoming subjects over the last 20 years?
Doctor_J
Mar 2012
#98
I wish there were no nuclear weapons. But it is immoral to say "some for me, none for thee."
Atypical Liberal
Mar 2012
#12
There are, of course, lunatics--some of whom probably consider themselves Democrats--
TPaine7
Mar 2012
#91