I strongly believe the existence of the nuclear bomb isn't a bad thing, in fact it may be the main reason the world as we know it now isn't in a total world war.

Consider this, during the Cold War if there wasn't a nuclear deterrent the US and Soviets would have engaged in conventional warfare many many times over. The idea of MAD, Mutually Assured Destruction, is scary enough to deter either side from starting a war. It would be easier to NOT go to war and stay in peace then go to war and try to avoid using nukes.

Consider the amount of human fatalities in the hands of nukes compared to all the automated firearm technology which was based on the Gatling gun, nuclear weapons aren't as terrible as it seems.

Nukes aside, i would think the biggest threat that we have in terms of weapons are biological weapons and IEDs, the latter coupled with fanatics/psychos is a very real threat today.

On a side note, even a pencil is deadly in the hands of wrong people.

Wrong.

The US War effort during WW2 directly pulled them out of the great depression.

Did you know Hitler rose to power legitimately and DEMOCRATICALLY?

If he did not have the support of the German people, how do you think the bolded is possible?



This post has been edited by befitozi: Jul 16 2009, 09:59 AM