Reply #62: Much ado about nothing

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The British use American missiles in their nuclear subs. They are known to be our lap dogs. Therefore it's reasonable that, as the number of nuclear warheads is reduced by the new treaty, the Russians will worry about the total count in both the US and British arsenals.

If the British don't like this disclosure, then they can choose to return the missiles to us, and build their own. Or they can just roll with the punch. The US has allies because it's convenient for them to be allied with the US - nobody is out to do anybody favors.

Because nuclear war is so remote, the US becomes useful to them for other reasons - the US fleet and the marines are more important to them than British nukes or whatever the british will or will not do. They also like to be able to sell their companies' stocks in the NY stock exchange, and sell their gadgets to us. Which means nobody is going to blink or give this much thought. Allies are a lot more concerned with US abuses in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the way their troops have been sucked into a never ending war in the later.