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If as a nation, you wish to be safe from US invasion/arm-twisting, you must have nuclear weapons. It is the best possible deterrent against US interference. Cou
by lenkite 11y ago
If as a nation, you wish to be safe from US invasion/arm-twisting, you must have nuclear weapons. It is the best possible deterrent against US interference. Countries that do not have nuclear weapons must depend on US benevolence - which tends to change from year to year depending on the policies being followed by the US state department and administration.
If Saddam really had nuclear weapons, there would have been no Iraq war and no ISIS today.
- GordonS 11y agoOn the 'arm-twisting' side, the UK has nuclear weapons but are regularly treated as a US 'bitch'. Nuclear weapons are far from the only thing that can be used as leverage. Totally agree with you about the Iraq war and ISIS though.
- bobwaycott 11y agoPerhaps arm-twisting is more effective when the power doing the twisting is known to have used nuclear weapons.
- GordonS 11y ago...Except, in this case the power having the arm twisted also has nuclear weapons.