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Originally posted by Mushlafa
Excuse me for not noin much bout the US.. but doesnt the US have something like 3000 nukes? yet they're afraid that like iraq might have a few but its ok for them to have 3000? I dont get that... they're goin after a bunch of countries with nukes and are like.. ok.. get rid of your nukes or risk war.. 
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sorry if im way off tho
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They have 10,600 according the last count. Remember the Cold War? These are leftovers. Russia has a ton too. If you're wondering, yes, the US has the ability to destroy every man, woman, and child in the world 5 times.
The US is also destroying them. We had something like 65,000 during the Cold War. The world doesn't have to fear the US, unless they attack us, and with more than sticks and stones.
See, what you Canadian folks fail to realize is that the US is not a dictatorship. Bush can't just say "Nuke Iraq" and they launch the missle. That's not how it works.
The world doesn't have to fear the US, they are not likely to use a nuclear bomb. Would the US if North Korea launched a nuclear weapon at the US? Probably. Would the US if Iraq used a WMD on the US? They would surely consider it. Would the US if the world was about to end and it was the last resort? You can bet on it, or they could use something more powerful. Still, the point is the US isn't going to threaten to nuke another country, they aren't going on the offensive launching nuclear weapons all over the place. Will Iraq? Yes. Go watch the Sum of All Fears. Remember the scene of Baltimore when the bomb explodes? Pretend it's Toronto. Now ask yourself this, is it better for an entire city to be demolished and millions of people dead, or to stop Iraq now, before that becomes a reality?