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>Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 12:59:06 -0400
>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>
>Best would be that no one had nuclear weapons. But that's
impossible,
>so we've got to go with the second best, which is that everyone
>should have them. Now we learn that Kennedy thought of nuking
China -
>but he quickly changed his mind when China developed its own
bomb. It
>should be some kind of right of Westphalian passage - you
become a
>country, you get a bomb. I hope Iran gets one soon before the
Bush
>admin does something massively stupid.