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Originally Posted by samurai007
It's completely unrealistic, IMO. Let's say America and the west disarm. The Russians, North Korea, Iran, China, Pakistan, etc will almost definitely keep some or all of their nukes, which means there is no longer any balance of power and M.A.D. While it's an unenviable position to be in, we are, in a way, the world's policeman, and disarming the police while not being able to totally and permanently disarm the criminals is a recipe for disaster. Only a fool would believe we should really disarm. The nuclear cat is long out of the bag, and there's no putting it back in anymore... too many people and nations know how to build nukes now that disarming would be suicide.
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All people who have nukes are prepared to mass murder. They're all criminals. Don't expect anyone to recieve your "world police" view too well. That's half the reason some countries want nukes to begin with...
Anyway, in this world, I don't think it'll happen. Not while everyone's still fighting for power and money. All countries with nukes have to become friends before anyone of them should be expected to disarm. This includes the US President shaking hands with Iran and N. Korea, yes.
It's stupid to expect others to disarm when you won't.