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Old 22-12-2016, 17:29
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Joy.

That's what working class Americans wanted their tax dollars spunked on, I'm sure.
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Old 22-12-2016, 17:34
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How do you know they don't want the spend?
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Old 22-12-2016, 17:34
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Probably just another load of tweet bollocks to get people worked up, while he quietly feeds the all-new swamp.
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Old 22-12-2016, 17:34
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For the safety of the world, Trump is a danger that needs to be expunged.
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Old 22-12-2016, 17:35
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Joy.

That's what working class Americans wanted their tax dollars spunked on, I'm sure.
this cartoon comes to mind as to why he wants more

http://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/s...trump_nuke.jpg
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Old 22-12-2016, 18:01
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"The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes"

Clearly no intention of leading the way then.
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Old 22-12-2016, 18:09
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For the safety of the world, Trump is a danger that needs to be expunged.
I assume you'd like him replaced by that well known pacifist Clinton.
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Old 22-12-2016, 18:11
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You know what they say about men with small hands...
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Old 22-12-2016, 18:12
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I assume you'd like him replaced by that well known pacifist Clinton.
Is she into more nukes? US gets more nukes, Iran decides it needs nukes, as a result of Iran wanting nukes Saudi Arabia decides it needs nukes, Israel decides it needs more nukes because Iran and Saudi Arabia have more nukes, Russia gets more nukes because the US has more nukes, China gets more nukes because Russia and U have more nukes, Japan decides it needs nukes because China and Russia have nukes, North Korea gets more nukes because Japan has nukes, South Korea gets nukes because North Korea has nukes, India decides that as everyone else has nukes then it needs more nukes - as does Pakistan...
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Old 22-12-2016, 18:12
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Joy.

That's what working class Americans wanted their tax dollars spunked on, I'm sure.
Tough. They voted for him.
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Old 22-12-2016, 18:22
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Is she into more nukes? US gets more nukes, Iran decides it needs nukes, as a result of Iran wanting nukes Saudi Arabia decides it needs nukes, Israel decides it needs more nukes because Iran and Saudi Arabia have more nukes, Russia gets more nukes because the US has more nukes, China gets more nukes because Russia and U have more nukes, Japan decides it needs nukes because China and Russia have nukes, North Korea gets more nukes because Japan has nukes, South Korea gets nukes because North Korea has nukes, India decides that as everyone else has nukes then it needs more nukes - as does Pakistan...
Mind you there's much less of them around than there used to be in the seventies.
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Old 22-12-2016, 18:26
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Mind you there's much less of them around than there used to be in the seventies.
maybe not for long

Trump also said during the campaign he would prefer to see Japan and South Korea have their own nukes rather than relying on the US to "protect" them
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Old 22-12-2016, 18:45
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This is most unfortunate....
Perhaps my memory fails me, but didn't the civilised nations with the bomb all sign Nuclear non-proliferation treaties?
Would he not be in contravention of this?
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Old 22-12-2016, 18:46
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Doesn't the US already have enough nukes to blow up the world? No country needs more nukes than that.
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Old 22-12-2016, 18:47
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maybe not for long

Trump also said during the campaign he would prefer to see Japan and South Korea have their own nukes rather than relying on the US to "protect" them
It will take some going to reach historic levels

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hist...stockpiles.svg

I've not heard that Trump wants to exit the NPT but if he does it would not be a wise move. Hopefully decades spent reducing the numbers will not be wasted.
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Old 22-12-2016, 18:48
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Tough. They voted for him.
Technically, more of them voted for her
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Old 22-12-2016, 18:49
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They should recess the launch button so his unusually short fingers can't reach it.
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Old 22-12-2016, 18:50
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Mind you there's much less of them around than there used to be in the seventies.
More nations can have them
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Old 22-12-2016, 18:54
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More nations can have them
Well, I wouldn't advocate that.
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Old 22-12-2016, 19:26
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So sad, so sad.

Surely it is better to promote getting rid of nuclear weapons, or just keeping them at current levels, not expanding them.
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Old 22-12-2016, 19:27
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Well, I wouldn't advocate that.
Hear hear.
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Old 22-12-2016, 19:28
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Doesn't the US already have enough nukes to blow up the world? No country needs more nukes than that.
Exactly.

Why can't the US and other countries, just stick to a limit of nuclear weapons, like 200 or so, even then that is so much that it could cause a huge amount of devastation.
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Old 22-12-2016, 19:32
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Well, I wouldn't advocate that.
And neither will Trump once others start arming.

Do as America says not as America does.
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Old 22-12-2016, 20:04
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We (The whole world) just have to hope his advisors make him see sense.
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Old 22-12-2016, 20:18
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We (The whole world) just have to hope his advisors make him see sense.
Don't hope for anything with Trump. Always expect the worst, and then be surprised that it's worse than you imagined.
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