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44. I smell the yearly Hiroshima thing coming...

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When USA has 7000 nukes, enough to kill every man, woman and child on the planet, [View all] Doodley Aug 2017 OP

Yes. Codeine Aug 2017 #1

My question was about moral authority. Any nation that has 7000 nukes is putting the human race Doodley Aug 2017 #3

Moral authority is a fiction. Codeine Aug 2017 #4

Really? You don't think that anyone should lead by example? Doodley Aug 2017 #6

The nuclear powers have led by example inasmuch Codeine Aug 2017 #9

We can always say we haven't nuked each other, in the same way we can say I haven't died from Doodley Aug 2017 #12

And yet one only country has used nuclear weapons during a time of war, the other hasn't. LanternWaste Aug 2017 #26

Except for Japan. Eko Aug 2017 #39

But we have... so...? Agschmid Aug 2017 #42

Not when it's equivalent to jumping off a bridge to 'prove' gravity is optional Amishman Aug 2017 #14

Where does "practicality" come into having 7000 nukes? And why shouldn't other nations rush to Doodley Aug 2017 #19

You are correct rock Aug 2017 #38

Not a good comparison Calculating Aug 2017 #2

1/ Other nations may ask the same question of US? 2/ Other people may ask the same question of US. Doodley Aug 2017 #5

Trump is miles saner than Kim Calculating Aug 2017 #8

It certainly is saying something... though that something lacks any objective evidence to support LanternWaste Aug 2017 #29

No he is not. Doreen Aug 2017 #30

What do you suggest be done (short of restarting the Korean War, only this time w/nuclear weapons)? Proud Liberal Dem Aug 2017 #7

We did illegal, inhumane "tests" on humans w/i my lifetime Nevernose Aug 2017 #16

I think there is a deeper question malaise Aug 2017 #10

And we have heard how before he was even president Trump kept asking "why can't we use nukes?" Doodley Aug 2017 #18

We have done it twice and no one else has. Doreen Aug 2017 #33

LOL, The "Both Sides are the Same" forum called. They're missing you! FSogol Aug 2017 #11

196 nations do not think Trump should attack NK, as rhetoric from the Whitehouse and Lindsey Graham Doodley Aug 2017 #17

Your OP was on the US's moral authority. It did not mention Trump in any way. n/t FSogol Aug 2017 #21

Are you saying our leader has no bearing on our moral authority? I don't think I need to spell it Doodley Aug 2017 #23

Did you even read your OP? FSogol Aug 2017 #24

I don't understand the nuclear talk... LakeArenal Aug 2017 #13

Very good point and Trump has already talked about going over that line of going nuclear. Doodley Aug 2017 #25

Of course we do. nt Dreamer Tatum Aug 2017 #15

Yes, we do. Weekend Warrior Aug 2017 #20

You say that as an American, I take it. Put aside your own opinion, and ask yourself what other Doodley Aug 2017 #22

"ask yourself what other people in other nations think about Donald Trump" Weekend Warrior Aug 2017 #27

Okay, so fight to stop a man like Trump from having direct access to so many nukes. This isn't a Doodley Aug 2017 #31

"Or maybe you think it is a good thing somebody as deranged as Trump can kill us all." Weekend Warrior Aug 2017 #34

Well, do you think it is a good thing or not? If not, then where is our moral authority? Doodley Aug 2017 #37

Moral authority? No. Actual authority? In a might-makes-right sense, Yes. Iggo Aug 2017 #28

Thanks. You got it. We are the mightiest, therefore we are right. You captured how too many Doodley Aug 2017 #35

I don't like it. I'm not for it. Doesn't mean I'll ignore that that's how it is. Iggo Aug 2017 #36

No. We are only country to ever use nukes on innocent people and Iraq would not have been invaded Hoyt Aug 2017 #32

Moral authority? Eko Aug 2017 #40

They've built 70,000 weapons of the type that kill everybody SonofDonald Aug 2017 #41

It it just the US telling them? EX500rider Aug 2017 #43

I smell the yearly Hiroshima thing coming... roamer65 Aug 2017 #44