Reply #19: Okay, you're missing something REALLY vital.

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How many nuclear weapons have been used on other countries since Hiroshima and Nagasaki? NONE. Why is that? MUTUALLY ASSURED DESTRUCTION.

Nukes are our "big stick." They are every major power's "big stick." "Speak softly and carry a big stick." Why? Because then our soft words will be heeded and we won't have to use the stick. And nobody has. Because it's a really big stick.

If you don't get that, you don't get one single thing about international relations. Not one.

You seem to believe that if we behave with great honor and righteousness, everyone else will. That's nice. VOTE FOR KUCINICH. His hands are clean.

I will vote for someone who isn't afraid to get them dirty.