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I would put Iran into that category. North Korea. Israel even perhaps. I would put Russia into it, maybe even China.

The way we view nuclear weapons is fundamentally different than the way Russia views it, the way North Korea views it, and (up for debate) the way Iran will view it.

Your operative word is "sane" leaders. "Sane" from what point of view? International relations is all relative. What is sane to us might be insane to another and vice versa.

Remember when Russia invaded Georgia? They prepared to go to nuclear war over that conflict. No joke. Nuclear war. Did anyone in the US even consider that as a possibility? No.

China's weapons programs is focusing on EMP technology that could cause our stash of weapons to be meaningless if we cannot actually use them.

The idea that a nuclear war is so terrible it will never happen is naive in my opinion.

<blockquote data-quote="BigRob" data-source="post: 82074" data-attributes="member: 628">I would put Iran into that category.&nbsp; North Korea.&nbsp; Israel even perhaps.&nbsp; I would put Russia into it, maybe even China.&nbsp; The way we view nuclear weapons is fundamentally different than the way Russia views it, the way North Korea views it, and (up for debate) the way Iran will view it.&nbsp; Your operative word is &quot;sane&quot; leaders.&nbsp; &quot;Sane&quot; from what point of view?&nbsp; International relations is all relative.&nbsp; What is sane to us might be insane to another and vice versa.&nbsp; Remember when Russia invaded Georgia?&nbsp; They prepared to go to nuclear war over that conflict.&nbsp; No joke.&nbsp; Nuclear war.&nbsp; Did anyone in the US even consider that as a possibility?&nbsp; No.&nbsp; China&#039;s weapons programs is focusing on EMP technology that could cause our stash of weapons to be meaningless if we cannot actually use them.&nbsp; The idea that a nuclear war is so terrible it will never happen is naive in my opinion.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BigRob, post: 82074, member: 628"] I would put Iran into that category. North Korea. Israel even perhaps. I would put Russia into it, maybe even China. The way we view nuclear weapons is fundamentally different than the way Russia views it, the way North Korea views it, and (up for debate) the way Iran will view it. Your operative word is "sane" leaders. "Sane" from what point of view? International relations is all relative. What is sane to us might be insane to another and vice versa. Remember when Russia invaded Georgia? They prepared to go to nuclear war over that conflict. No joke. Nuclear war. Did anyone in the US even consider that as a possibility? No. China's weapons programs is focusing on EMP technology that could cause our stash of weapons to be meaningless if we cannot actually use them. The idea that a nuclear war is so terrible it will never happen is naive in my opinion. [/QUOTE]

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