Jim Yanik wrote in message ...
(Rob van Riel) wrote in
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The US -did- use TWO nuclear weapons;on Japan.I believe that use was
justified.
I wish I had your certainty on this. Horrible though their use was, I
know that in the long run, it probably saved lives. I even think that,
at the time, it was the correct decision. At the same time, I firmly
believe the nuclear genie should never have been let out of the
bottle. The world needs a better answer, and I deeply regret that in
1945 no better answer was deemed to be available.
It is not necessarily a 'doomsday' weapon,either.No more than bio or
chemical WMD.
Not necessarily, but use on any scale has far reaching consequences.
The Tall Boy and Fat Man were firecrackers compared to what's around
today. I overstated the case a bit, but not much. Bio is probably more
dangerous, chemical is probably the lesser of these evils.
IMO,bioweapons have the greatest possibility of being a 'doomsday'
weapon,as the bugs or virii could potentially mutate past any vaccine or
antibiotic protection,and could self-sustain themselves,spreading well past
the target area,perhaps 'round the world'.
Bio weapons are indeed dangerously unpredictably. They literally have
a life of their own, and do not care about any human agenda.
Rob