Comments on: National Self-Defense: Nuclear Self-Defense? http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2006/10/21/national-self-defense-nuclear-self-defense/ I use this blog to provide safety, self-defense, and security information, addressing topics such as domestic abuse, teen violence, and violent crime prevention. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:55:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Manuel F. Almario http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2006/10/21/national-self-defense-nuclear-self-defense/#comment-8595 Manuel F. Almario Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:30:24 +0000 http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/?p=74#comment-8595 Reply to Adolf: Every nation must look out for its own security. Britain certainly cannot trust the US not after the American revolutionary war and the British-US war of 1812. France has refused to join the US in the war against Iraq. US President George Washington in his farewell address warned the US against "foreign entanglements". Only by building a deterrent against aggression can a country assure its freedom. In building their own nuclear bomb arsenals, France and Great Britain defied the US effort to maintain nuclear monopoly. MF Almario Reply to Adolf:

Every nation must look out for its own security. Britain certainly cannot trust the US not after the American revolutionary war and the British-US war of 1812. France has refused to join the US in the war against Iraq. US President George Washington in his farewell address warned the US against “foreign entanglements”. Only by building a deterrent against aggression can a country assure its freedom. In building their own nuclear bomb arsenals, France and Great Britain defied the US effort to maintain nuclear monopoly. MF Almario

]]> By: H. L. Gauthier III http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2006/10/21/national-self-defense-nuclear-self-defense/#comment-58 H. L. Gauthier III Wed, 08 Nov 2006 00:54:52 +0000 http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/?p=74#comment-58 wow.. I expected a good conversation... it seems that I am to be disappointed. wow..

I expected a good conversation… it seems that I am to be disappointed.

]]> By: H. L. Gauthier III http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2006/10/21/national-self-defense-nuclear-self-defense/#comment-47 H. L. Gauthier III Sun, 29 Oct 2006 08:59:21 +0000 http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/?p=74#comment-47 N. Korea signed a treaty by which it agreed to allow inspectors in and not develop nuclear weaponry. In return they received resources they desperately needed. They pulled out of this treaty well before Bush ever declared them a member of the Axis of Evil. In effect their leader decided that people starving on a level comparable to China's famine of the late 50's is not deserving as much of consideration as being a member of the nuclear club. Also, it worries the US that a Nation which is heavily involved in the drug trade, counterfeiting of US currency, and selling weapons technology to the highest bidder could have knowledge of how to make a nuke and then start selling them to the highest bidder. disarmament will never happen. nothing can return the Earth to a time before nuclear weapons. To have that as the only end goal is to get nothing accomplished when something can still be accomplished. Communication and open dialogue prevent Nuclear war and all war. It is not a scary thing for a rational Nation to have nuclear weapons. It is a scary thing to have an isolated Nation with a huge percentage of its population starving(actually being under-height due to chronic malnutrition) that has nothing to lose in a nuclear exchange. More fingers need to be pointed in China's direction for not doing more to get N. Korea in line with the rest of the world. They are playing one hell of a game of Geo-politics with this situation. Posturing themselves to look the best and have as much of the limelight as possible in resolving all this. Much like what T. Roosevelt did with the Sino-Russian War back just over 100 years ago. America also wishes to avoid War with N. Korea as much as possible due to the trade connections between S. Korea and the rest of the world. Many of the electronics we are using right now are made or owned by companies located less than 100 miles from the DMZ. The effects of the War would be devastating to the worlds economy. What else could have held Bush back from taking some action premptively against Kim Jung Il? N. Korea signed a treaty by which it agreed to allow inspectors in and not develop nuclear weaponry. In return they received resources they desperately needed. They pulled out of this treaty well before Bush ever declared them a member of the Axis of Evil. In effect their leader decided that people starving on a level comparable to China’s famine of the late 50′s is not deserving as much of consideration as being a member of the nuclear club.

Also, it worries the US that a Nation which is heavily involved in the drug trade, counterfeiting of US currency, and selling weapons technology to the highest bidder could have knowledge of how to make a nuke and then start selling them to the highest bidder.

disarmament will never happen. nothing can return the Earth to a time before nuclear weapons. To have that as the only end goal is to get nothing accomplished when something can still be accomplished.

Communication and open dialogue prevent Nuclear war and all war. It is not a scary thing for a rational Nation to have nuclear weapons. It is a scary thing to have an isolated Nation with a huge percentage of its population starving(actually being under-height due to chronic malnutrition) that has nothing to lose in a nuclear exchange.

More fingers need to be pointed in China’s direction for not doing more to get N. Korea in line with the rest of the world. They are playing one hell of a game of Geo-politics with this situation. Posturing themselves to look the best and have as much of the limelight as possible in resolving all this. Much like what T. Roosevelt did with the Sino-Russian War back just over 100 years ago.

America also wishes to avoid War with N. Korea as much as possible due to the trade connections between S. Korea and the rest of the world. Many of the electronics we are using right now are made or owned by companies located less than 100 miles from the DMZ. The effects of the War would be devastating to the worlds economy.

What else could have held Bush back from taking some action premptively against Kim Jung Il?

]]> By: Adolf http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2006/10/21/national-self-defense-nuclear-self-defense/#comment-36 Adolf Tue, 24 Oct 2006 22:43:09 +0000 http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/?p=74#comment-36 Even the United Kingdom and France, long-time allies of the United States, have decided not to live comfortably under America’s nuclear umbrella. Hmmm….maybe they thought, ” Hey what if something goes horribly wrong and the U.S. is invaded somehow. Maybe we should be prepared for that occasion.” Just because an ally makes weapons doesn’t mean they are going to turn on you or don’t trust you. Chance favors the prepared and the U.K. and France were just trying to have their asses covered for such an occasion? Want me to destroy your argument further? I’ll leave it at that for now hippy.

]]> By: Greg-FuckinSpAsTiC http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2006/10/21/national-self-defense-nuclear-self-defense/#comment-35 Greg-FuckinSpAsTiC Tue, 24 Oct 2006 19:00:15 +0000 http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/?p=74#comment-35 we live in a fucked up country.... a fucked up world. It really is, right now, the most dangerous time in civilization. Everyone is power hungry (same as it always was), everyone wants the best available leverage in financial assests (same as it always was). The reality is that America is one of the dirtiest nations EVER!!! we were built by criminals and that influence is everywhere you look in this country. But every other country is just as dirty. So even though I don't agree with certain politics and can't stand how "we the people" get taken advantage of and treated like we are morons. I still love my country. Is that naive ? we live in a fucked up country…. a fucked up world. It really is, right now, the most dangerous time in civilization. Everyone is power hungry (same as it always was), everyone wants the best available leverage in financial assests (same as it always was). The reality is that America is one of the dirtiest nations EVER!!! we were built by criminals and that influence is everywhere you look in this country. But every other country is just as dirty. So even though I don’t agree with certain politics and can’t stand how “we the people” get taken advantage of and treated like we are morons. I still love my country. Is that naive ?

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