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siriuss said:War just hurts the people. Nuclear war (whether real or conjecture) is simple insanity, dreamt up by generals in comfortable bunkers.
In short, this sentiment just sums it up.
Please register my vote against both the use of nuclear weapons and the expression 'puhleez'.
I see no reason for us to 'grow up' to grasp arguments that are, at base, so simple:
- Oil is thick black goo (albeit very useful goo).
- Iraqis walk about essentially feeling & thinking as we so and as such are somewhat more 'valuable' than black goo.
- Black goo is worth more in dollars than Iraqi people but this doesn't mean it is more valuable.
- Just because one group of Arabs spanked a building and killed many innocent people, spanking a different group of arabs will NOT stop it happening again.
Last point:
people like al Quaieda are scum, unfortunately they are 100% human but repugnant scum nonetheless.
people who farm goats in and around Iraq are no more likely to be scum than you or I, yet they would be incinerated in the holocaust or die slow lingering deaths in the fallout if the U.S. launched nukes on their country - because their (unchosen) leader is an arse.
Whatever action the U.S. wants to take can be argued for and against on its own merits However, Nuclear Warfare should be ruled out 100% in advance (Shadow's nonsense about tactical considerations notwithstanding).
It doesn't sound too good for the goat farmer or his goats...