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Any nation has the absolute right to have the same technology other nations have. If iran somehow created an antimatter destructor beam then maybe they dont have a right to that. But nuclear weapons is a 100%right of every nation on this planet.

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Nonsense. Irresponsible, totalitarian regimes should NOT have this "right."

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Adolf Hitler was a democratically elected leader of a European nation. You may not like his policies, but he is no more dastardly than any other leader.

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Are you kidding? He was no more dastardly than, say, the leader of Sweden or Australia in his time? Huh? He murdered millions of his own people, and invaded all of his neighboring countries in order to take them over, but he wes no more dastardly than any other leader? Totally ridiculous.

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(Remember when the US systematically destroyed an entirerace of people? The Native Americans? Maybe we shouldnt have any nukes!)

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It is not ancient history that applies to the question of whether a government should have nukes, but rather what is nature of the current regime or government. Regimes that have no problem with GASSING millions of their own citizens obviously should not be allowed the potential to inflict grave harm on other countries as well--if it can be prevented.

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Dastardly regimes is a made up term. Forthis to have any meaning there needs to be a clearly defined absolute morality. Until then you may say that you feelthat a government was evil and/or dastardly. But certainly none exist.

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Absolute nonsense. You don't think Kim Jong-il's regime is dastardly or evil, starving a couple million of his own people, and sending hundreds of thousands of political prisoners to the gulags where they generally die of hardships (and yes, the families of political prisoners and relatives are sent too)? You don't think that is evil? Come on.

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What if the Nazis had nukes first? Geez, they would probably do something terrible like drop them on civilian populations, not once, but TWICE!! Oh wait the US did that and no one batted an eye


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The US was attacked by Japan; the US did not initiate the war of aggression. If however the Nazis had had nukes first there is little doubt they would have used them to initiate wars of aggression against many peaceful countries.