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Nuclear Weapons As A Deterrent From Who Or What? by Adjovi: 6:08am On Dec 13, 2022
Have you ever asked yourself, why nations who have nuclear weapons call it a deterrent weapon. Who are they trying to deter from attacking them?

To those who are blind let me enlighten you a bit.

Why fear Russia a country that has never used nuclear weapons than USA the only country in history of the world to have used nuclear weapons on innocent people?

Some people try to justify USA's use of nuclear weapons that they didn't know the extent of its damage before deploying. This is a very big lie to justify the use of nuclear weapons, how? No country deploys such weapons without first test running it with a smaller version to see it's potency. The USA obviously already tested smaller versions before they made the bigger ones used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. So obviously they knew exactly what the bomb will do, they knew how much devastation it will cause and how many will be annihilated.

2. Some people try to justify USA's use of nuclear weapons on Japan by saying it was to prevent more deaths... Like how can you even say this kinda rubbish to support the killing of innocent children and families who had no choice or say in the war. Now why will Japan keep fighting when Germany and Hitler had been defeated already? There's no way Japan will keep fighting that war because it was obvious they already lost. If Germany could not defeat the allied nations with all its arsenal's and soldiers, how can Japan alone take on Soviet Union, UK, USA , France China? What chance does Japan stand against them? No chance at all so it was obvious Japan would definitely surrender but does the USA want that surrender just like that? No, they had the atomic bombs and they were hitching to use it in combat. They wanted to use it to send a message clearly to all, especially the Soviet Union that hello! we have this so don't mess with us...

3. Now tell me after the whole world saw what USA did to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, tell me why should they not get nuclear weapons themselves? If you were a leader of a country at that time will you fold your hands too or get a nuclear weapon youself?

4. We hear everyone saying nuclear weapons is for deterrent purposes. Now ask yourself who are they trying to deter? Is it the USSR or China or UK or France who didn't have it yet or just got it? The answer is obvious. Everyone who got nuclear weapons after the attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki are trying to deter being attacked by the only country in history to use nuclear weapons, they are trying to deter the USA from attacking them with nuclear weapons so they don't end up like Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Hiroshima was bombed 6 of August 1945 (USA)
USSR (SOVIET UNION) acquired nukes 1949.
UK acquired nukes 1952.
France acquired nukes 1960
China acquired nukes 1964 and later others


Now when the USA saw that nations where already getting nukes then they brought up the treaty to stop others from acquiring with collaborations with other nations who already had it.
Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) in 1968 and the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) in 1996.
Other nations like north Korea, India etc who now have nukes all refused to sign such treaty, normal normal if I was the one I wouldn't sign the treaty because only a fool won't try to acquire nukes to deter USA from attacking them directly or indirectly.

If this countries had the deterring nukes,
Afghanistan 1998, 2001-
Bosnia 1994, 1995
Cambodia 1969-70
China 1945-46
Congo 1964
Cuba 1959-1961
El Salvador 1980s
Korea 1950-53
Guatemala 1954, 1960, 1967-69
Indonesia 1958 Laos 1964-73
Grenada 1983
Iraq 1991-2000s, 2015-
Iran 1987
Korea 1950-53
Kuwait 1991
Lebanon 1983, 1984
Libya 1986, 2011-
Nicaragua 1980s
Pakistan 2003, 2006- Palestine 2010
Panama 1989
Peru 1965
Somalia 1993, 2007-08, 2010-
Sudan 1998
Syria 2014-
Vietnam 1961-73
Yemen 2002, 2009-
Yugoslavia , they will all still be standing today same as Ukraine who foolishly gave out all hers.


So with this few points of mine, if you're still allowing your love for USA to becloud your judgement, then I can only say you don't value human lives because the USA don't they are only pretending and you're pretending as well. When nations are talking about the value for human lives, the USA should never open her mouth in such talks.
You can condemn Russia and at the same time condemn the USA for the evil they are. The moment you support one and leave the other , then you don't truly care about human lives as you claim to. Once again I'll rather be much more worried of the USA than I would of Russia.

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Re: Nuclear Weapons As A Deterrent From Who Or What? by Kingpin1000: 6:58am On Dec 13, 2022
It was during the war in Ukraine I found out that, the major reason why Russia has not been nuked or hit badly is because, immediately a bomb of certain magnitude hits Russia, their Nuclear weapons automatically launch with coordinates already set the only thing that can stop the world as we know it to change from what we know it will be the disable password, which if not given will be the end of the world.

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Re: Nuclear Weapons As A Deterrent From Who Or What? by seunny4lif(m): 1:45pm On Dec 13, 2022
If only if Gadaffi have build those nukes then Libya wouldn’t be in rubbles and rubbish.
Iran need to build her own nukes and that’s the reason N.Korea proceeded to build more nukes.
One thing for sure is that immediately Iran build her own nukes then Saudi will build straight which will weak USA and UK power in the Middle East straight as Iran and Saudi will be calm to each other just like India and Pakistan never go to war again with each other since both now have nukes.


The fear of nukes is the beginning of wisdom

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Re: Nuclear Weapons As A Deterrent From Who Or What? by Masterviolence(m): 4:33pm On Dec 13, 2022
The point is that nukes are and will always be a deterrent
Alot of countries aquired their nukes because of an obvious enemy they want to scare off.
Immediately a country aquire a nuke not even the u.s or Russia will dare to go to war with them. And there's one country that obviously don't want any country to acquire it and that's the u.s that was the reason they carried out their evil plan in destroying iraq
Re: Nuclear Weapons As A Deterrent From Who Or What? by Masterviolence(m): 4:53pm On Dec 13, 2022
And that's why N Korea will never ever stop acquiring Nukes even if they would give them an economy as big as that of Germany because a big economy without security will crumble if they face a security threat from a country like Nigeria grin

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Re: Nuclear Weapons As A Deterrent From Who Or What? by pansophist(m): 5:14pm On Dec 13, 2022
Kingpin1000:
It was during the war in Ukraine I found out that, the major reason why Russia has not been nuked or hit badly is because, immediately a bomb of certain magnitude hits Russia, their Nuclear weapons automatically launch with coordinates already set the only thing that can stop the world as we know it to change from what we know it will be the disable password, which if not given will be the end of the world.

If Russia don't have WMD, it would have been destroyed long ago. The US by its nature shows no mercy to countries that it hates. There is a Russian joke that goes like this. ''The US invaded Iraq because it suspects Iraq has nuclear weapons, but North Korea actually has it, but the US has not invaded. grin

This is why they are doing everything possible to prevent Iran from having it because it would mean that Iran has escaped the umbrella of western hegemony. Any African country that develops WMD, will lead the flock out of poverty and low-class status, and Nigeria is a strong candidate for that.

Fun fact. South Africa had a nuclear program during apartheid. And the west ignored it, but after apartheid ended, dismantling the program was part of the negotiating deal during handover to the Mandela's government. So if they could support an oppressor to have WMD, but not the Africans, that should tell you their intention.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction

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