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1) A country with nuclear weapons
2) A country with a first use doctrine for the use of tactical nuclear weapons
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That merely gives them means to use them, not more likely to use them.
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In that situation, wouldn't you want to even things up by having a few nukes of your own?
This isn't an argument for proliferation,
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Oh yes it is.
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incidentally, it's an argument for disarmament and diplomacy.
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Which is what has been going on for quite some time now, but Iran seems to be making little effort in that direction.
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The current crop of Dr. Strangelove clones in the Pentagon is not a recipe for anyone's security and you're a fool if you think otherwise.
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You're obviously well acquainted with the inhabitants of the Pentagon, and poor foolish me is clearly ignorant of them.
I still think there is a big difference between a soldier considering effective methods of warfare and an relgious extremist despot screaming murder.
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* Didn't you know that one of Rumsfeld's changes to US doctrine is that tac nukes can be used first? The new US Ambassador to the UN is keen on it, too.
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There is a big difference between tactical nuclear weapons and strategic nuclear weapons. I don't believe the US has changed their stance on the latter.
As far as I can see, the countries with recent nuclear ambitions all seem to be trying to get strategic nuclear weapons.