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The power of nuclear weapons is principally a psychological power, no matter how devastating they may be. The simple fact is that nobody will voluntarily get rid of their nuclear weapons because they don't want to be the only ones to do so. It's the fear of mutual annihilation that makes nuclear weaponry so effective. That said, it would be ludicrous to get rid of our nuclear weapons expecting everyone else to see reason and do the same.


we know all the countries that have nuclear capability. would it be so hard to discuss an across the board disposal of the bulk of the world's weapons?



Yes it would. It's ludicrous, like I've been saying. It's not gonna happen. Because nobody trusts anybody. Who's gonna enforce something like that? The UN? We've already seen how good they are at stuff like that.


so your stance on international relations is not to try and build trust between countries but to just give up?



Maybe you're still reeling from the whole Rosa debacle, Ray. But I don't think you're being practical here. You want us to make the world safer by removing our strongest deterrent to enemy action? You can discuss arms reduction all you want, and you'll even get little victories here and there. But in the long run, prudence dictates that you maintain as much strength as possible, simply because in the real world, unilateral armament is much more of a likelihood than unilateral disarmament.

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