who will be the next country to product nuclear weapons?
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But do you know who had the first Nuclear program? Nazi Germany The US program makes a lot more sense when you think about that. (Imperial Japan had a nuclear program, too.) ------------------------------------------ "Isn't it funny how people say they'll never grow up to be their parents, then one day they look in the mirror and they're moving aircraft carriers into the Gulf region?" - The Onion
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If we wouldn't have (and Nazi Germany beat us to it), we'd all be saying "Heil Hitler!!" now.... _"No one goes to hell because of their sin, but because of rejecting God's method of salvation: His Son's life for yours..."
"It does not take a majority to prevail ... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." --Samuel Adams_
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Samsung wrote: Do you know who stole it from them and used? Yes, we all know that the US stole german technology after Nazi Germany was defeated. This and other factors then led America to becoming the overwhelming super power of today. I'm sorry if Samsung doesn't like this, but America is the global policeman. It didn't happen by democratic vote, or UN initiative. It happened because America saved the free world from fascism during WWII, and then saved the world from communism during the Cold War. And now the US is going to save the world from terrorism. I know there's a lot of resentment that America dictates to the world what can and can't happen. However, America is the only nation able to stabilize the world on a global basis. The Russians can't do this and neither can the Chinese. When it comes to getting things done, the UN can't do it. Only America can. I'm sorry that a lot of people hate this, but if any other nation wants a say, they'll have to earn their say. Economic, military, political leadership is earned, not given. If nations want to be relevant on the world stage, they'll have to do more, a lot more.
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Do you know who stole it from them and used? I assume you meant to say, "Do you know who stole it from them and used it?" - and you are saying the "who" in this case is the US? Actually, I'm not sure quite what you mean by "stole" it. The US decided to create a nuclear program only after a number of scientists (including Einstein) said that Germany was creating a nuclear device and if they succeeded it would be a devastating weapon against the Allied powers. In 1939, at the urging of Dr. Leo Szilard, Einstein wrote to President Roosevelt warning of a new discovery of a "nuclear chain reaction in a large mass of uranium." Einstein forewarned President Roosevelt that the discovery of such a reaction could lead to the construction of "extremely powerful bombs of a new type." Einstein also mentioned that Dr. Leo Szilard was working on this and urged the US to find this reaction before Germany. It was Einstein's letter that led President Roosevelt to funding uranium research and later to the Manhattan Project. http://www.nuclearfiles.org/bios/a_e/einsteinalbet.html[^] I do have a question for you though: "Why are you trying so hard to find the US at fault?" Maybe you should examine your motives because your desires are clouding your judgement. ------------------------------------------ "Isn't it funny how people say they'll never grow up to be their parents, then one day they look in the mirror and they're moving aircraft carriers into the Gulf region?" - The Onion
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Jeremy Pullicino wrote: Is the end of the world closer than we think? That's a good question. I wonder if the world would be actually more at peace if everyone had nukes. If the Cold war serves as an example, then the answer is Yes. Sure, there will still be tensions, but you'd think that no one would have the balls to launch the nukes for fear of getting obliterated themselves. Well, I guess the problem is that if 200 countries were to have nukes there's a good chance that at least one leader out of those countries would be crazy enough to use them for any stupid reason. I wouldn't put it past Saddam. So the question still remains, what if the US knew that Saddam already had nukes? Would the US so easily go after him for other reasons, such as regime-change? Probably not, which is why we can't allow him to get them. Regards, Alvaro
Well done is better than well said. -- Benjamin Franklin (I actually prefer medium-well.)
That's a good question. I wonder if the world would be actually more at peace if everyone had nukes. If the Cold war serves as an example, then the answer is Yes. Sure, there will still be tensions, but you'd think that no one would have the balls to launch the nukes for fear of getting obliterated themselves. We should be careful about making too much of the MAD (mutual assured destruction) argument. The US and Russia came close to nuclear war*. It's true that the US and Russia did a deadly nuclear dance for 50 years, but two actors and 50 years is a lot different than a dozen or two dozen countries with nuclear capability. Further, as nuclear capability spreads you have to be more concerned with coups, terrorists, and cults buying and selling nukes on the black market. In the case of terrorists and cults - there is no nuclear deterent because they can be hard to target and they may be perfectly willing to die anyway. *In the Cuban missle crisis, a Russian submarine considered launching a nuclear-tipped torpedo at American ships. Two of the three Russian officers abord the sub advocated this. The third one said "no". It had to be determined by a unanimous vote. http://abcnews.go.com/sections/wnt/DailyNews/cubanmissilecrisis021011.html[^] ------------------------------------------ "Isn't it funny how people say they'll never grow up to be their parents, then one day they look in the mirror and they're moving aircraft carriers into the Gulf region?" - The Onion
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Why were US so critical about my country? I know, you do not know which, because there is no only one.
Samsung wrote: Why were US so critical about my country? I know, you do not know which, because there is no only one Your bio says United States. Do you live here and critize us while taking advantage of the benefits of US policies. Why are you trying to have a conversation about your country without telling us what country you are talking about. Does not seem conducive to open communications. Is there a reason that you hide your nationality?
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Why were US so critical about my country? I know, you do not know which, because there is no only one.
I can't tell where you are (or where you are from), but from the name 'Samsung' I would assume Korea. The US isn't critical about South Korea, but it is critical of North Korea. North Korea is a pain to deal with. It's not the people, but it's the paranoid government there. They are completely wound up in the belief that capitalists are plotting their doom because "communists are the natural enemy of capitalists". But, as I said, North Korea is terribly paranoid. They have a nuclear program. They sell military technology on the black market. They can barely feed their own people (but building nukes). They enter into agreements with the US and then secretly avoid doing their end of the bargain. (Example: The US and NKorea agreed that if NKorea stop its nuclear program that the US would give NKorea fuel oil in compensation. They agreed, but NKorea secretly kept its nuclear program. In the end, NKorea ended up giving up nothing and got a whole lot of fuel oil from the US!) The US is critical of North Korea because of what it constantly does. The fact of the matter is that if North Korea kept to itself (not firing missles over the Japan or kidnapping Japanese civilians), looked after it's own people, stopped with the militarization, stopped selling military technology, and stopped with the belligerent tone then the US would have no problem whatsoever with North Korea. Speaking of North Korea's militarization, here's a little statistic for you: North Korea has a population which is 30% smaller than Canada (21 million versus 32 million), but North Korea has almost 20 times as many active soldiers as Canada (1,000,000+ versus 57,000)! ------------------------------------------ "Isn't it funny how people say they'll never grow up to be their parents, then one day they look in the mirror and they're moving aircraft carriers into the Gulf region?" - The Onion
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Samsung wrote: Why were US so critical about my country? I know, you do not know which, because there is no only one Your bio says United States. Do you live here and critize us while taking advantage of the benefits of US policies. Why are you trying to have a conversation about your country without telling us what country you are talking about. Does not seem conducive to open communications. Is there a reason that you hide your nationality?
CNN was speaking a lot about my country, you know everything. It is time to speak about US country, because CNN does not want it. Again: What is problem? You cannot say what country I am from, there are a lot of country CNN(US) criticizes. That is problem.
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Samsung wrote: Do you know who stole it from them and used? Yes, we all know that the US stole german technology after Nazi Germany was defeated. This and other factors then led America to becoming the overwhelming super power of today. I'm sorry if Samsung doesn't like this, but America is the global policeman. It didn't happen by democratic vote, or UN initiative. It happened because America saved the free world from fascism during WWII, and then saved the world from communism during the Cold War. And now the US is going to save the world from terrorism. I know there's a lot of resentment that America dictates to the world what can and can't happen. However, America is the only nation able to stabilize the world on a global basis. The Russians can't do this and neither can the Chinese. When it comes to getting things done, the UN can't do it. Only America can. I'm sorry that a lot of people hate this, but if any other nation wants a say, they'll have to earn their say. Economic, military, political leadership is earned, not given. If nations want to be relevant on the world stage, they'll have to do more, a lot more.
No problem man, I am here to talk, not to like what others say. OK, not only US saved world. You forgot communist country, like Russia, and people from small countries. All of us were part of it. Some did not have enough weapons, and they won the war by their lives. What about communism? Who saved who? US saved world, or US saved US or Capitalism saved Capitalism? What does "stabilize world" mean? Who can(would) stabilize world? Who has that right, and why? What is terrorism? Is it what US says, or what opposite side says? When some small country says: They are terrorists, US says: No, they are not, they are fighting for human rights. When some says: We are fighting for human rights, US says: No, you are terrorists. Do not save me, try to save you without to "save" me.
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Seems that nuclear weapons are becoming the 'fashionable' thing to have for a country. New countries developing nuclear weapons seem to be popping up quite often recently. In your opinion, who do you think will be the next country to say the have them? Is the end of the world closer than we think? Jeremy Pullicino Professional C++ Developer Google Search: "really funky" (New Window) The first hit is my web page!
maybe not the end of the world, probably the end of the middle east though :( Neil Van Eps "When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity." -Albert Einstein
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If it was not stolen by US and used, I will be in my country now, probably. You know, contaminated ground, air, ... It is better for me to say "Heil Hitler!!" than leave the country.
Samsung wrote: If it was not stolen by US and used, I will be in my country now, probably. You know, contaminated ground, air, ... It is better for me to say "Heil Hitler!!" than leave the country. So who's keeping you here? Go home.
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CNN was speaking a lot about my country, you know everything. It is time to speak about US country, because CNN does not want it. Again: What is problem? You cannot say what country I am from, there are a lot of country CNN(US) criticizes. That is problem.
Why the CNN criticism? Because those countries are wrong. It's wrong for Saddam Hussein to gas his own citizens. It's wrong for North Korea to starve its people. It's wrong for both of them to develop nuclear weapons to threaten their neighbors. This is not a gray area. It's black and white. What North Korea and Iraq are doing is wrong.
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No problem man, I am here to talk, not to like what others say. OK, not only US saved world. You forgot communist country, like Russia, and people from small countries. All of us were part of it. Some did not have enough weapons, and they won the war by their lives. What about communism? Who saved who? US saved world, or US saved US or Capitalism saved Capitalism? What does "stabilize world" mean? Who can(would) stabilize world? Who has that right, and why? What is terrorism? Is it what US says, or what opposite side says? When some small country says: They are terrorists, US says: No, they are not, they are fighting for human rights. When some says: We are fighting for human rights, US says: No, you are terrorists. Do not save me, try to save you without to "save" me.
The US saved the free world(original wording). Russia and China saved the communist world. The US then saved the entire world from Communism. Other nations had a part to play as well, but the primary player has been the US. Only America can stabilize the world on a global basis. Wherever there are conflicts, America sends diplomats to encourage the sides to not fight. If necessary America will send warships to keep the peace. This sounds very intrusive, but a global stability is in the interest of all nations. I'm getting really tired of people who call these terrorists freedom fighters. After a while, the statements all sound like, "I stand by my Muslim brother, right or wrong." People who run around blowing up buses, planes and night clubs are just wrong. Yes, they're fighting for freedom, but terrorizing is not a proper way to earn freedom. Admittedly, Israel and Russia have used wrong methods to control terrorisms, but that's no excuse to be a terrorist.