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In reply to the discussion: Clinton: Iran cannot be trusted with nuclear program [View all]DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)49. I don't trust anyone with nuclear weapons......
- Or any nuclear material of any kind. We haven't evolved sufficiently, in my view, to be trusted with such knowledge. And I especially don't trust US, since we have the most nuclear weapons and thus a greater probability of fucking something up with them -- by accident, or whatever. And we have the ''most accidents'' with them too. Absolute butter-fingers. We've got bombs that fell out of aircraft, or those that crashed or otherwise sunk into the drink with oodles of nuclear weapons in-tow. And there all still down there next to Davy Jones locker -- too deep or difficult, and/or risky to try and retrieve -- they say. Literal ticking time bombs.
Peruse through these when you have an hour or five to kill.......
List of civilian radiation accidents
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_civilian_radiation_accidents
List of civilian nuclear accidents
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_civilian_nuclear_accidents
Criticality accidents
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticality_accident
List of civilian nuclear incidents
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_civilian_nuclear_incidents
List of military nuclear accidents
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_nuclear_accidents
List of states with nuclear weapons
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_with_nuclear_weapons
And here's a few more for the bonus round:
Russia Announces Enormous Finds Of Radioactive Waste And Nuclear Reactors In Arctic Seas
Radioactive material dumped in the cavern during the 1990s was 'likely entombed' at the bottom
New flyover footage of giant sinkhole shows signs of further expansion (VIDEO)
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Who are the "people as a whole" if you're leaving out large numbers of people?
harmonicon
Sep 2012
#21
The question wasn't whether the US had executed someone, but whether the offense was being
24601
Sep 2012
#42
Bill, why not "help to get everybody get rid of their nuclear weapons." Start with those who have
leveymg
Sep 2012
#3
Not right-wing talking points cribbed straight from Fox and Limbaugh, that's for sure. /nt
Ash_F
Sep 2012
#41
Good question, the US needs to lead the way in getting rid of Nukes. But instead
sabrina 1
Sep 2012
#44
Clinton was right on that question, but will he endorse such an initiative himself?
Ash_F
Sep 2012
#5
No serious person believes the US and Israel are interested in nonproliferation
TomClash
Sep 2012
#8
Israel is in violation of UN Resolutions. How come nothing has been done about that?
sabrina 1
Sep 2012
#45