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Nuclear weaponry is a threat to all nations. Be realistic, here. If everyone has nukes, countries will just fire them at each other all the time. This endangers the citizens of our countries. If you must have nuclear weapons, choose "Vote For". The act includes a passage stating that UN member nations can keep already-built nuclear weapons for a decade. The entire act includes nothing banning the use of pre-built nuclear weapons. Choose "Vote For" and build the nukes before the resolution passes. This way, the UN keeps itself a peace-keeping organization for the greater good of the world, and countries have a few nukes safely tucked away.

That's a nice thought and all but it's not practical. MAD(Mutally Assured Destruction) stops countries from firing off nukes at one another. What happens after that decade is up. All of the nukes have to be disarmed. This allows for non-UN nations to fire their nukes off at will at UN nations without fear of a major counter attack. Star Wars Defense shields would be nice but are not 100% reliable. If one or two ICBM's gets through. The whole point for the shields would be gone and without a source for counter attack. And if a dirty bomb gets into a country, the Defense shield will not do anything. Nukes are a deterent to war and without them the UN nations might cease to exist as other non-UN members point hundreds of ICBMs down their throat.

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OMG11! t3h nuucular weponz r teh b@d! if t32h un cuntrys get rid of tem so will teh non-un naishunz!

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