should the USA allow nuclear inspections?

[vidcc]

@ hobbes surely then your answer would be no because they are not a threat to anyone

or the one where the us doesn't have to answer to anyone

My answer, which amazingly is not a choice, because I find them all a wee bit anti-US is

To make it fair and balanced i tried to put as many options as possible within limits. you have to remember that some countries will see us as a threat, it's all relative to which side of the fence one sits. So i have to have options that allow for that viewpoint. I don't feel they are anti-US or pro US

[Busyman]

@ hobbes surely then your answer would be no because they are not a threat to anyone

That's what I put.

[hobbes]

@ hobbes surely then your answer would be no because they are not a threat to anyone

It would be "no" because you can't make us.

As to not being a threat to anyone, I don't even see the relevance of that point to the question.

The only place which is not a threat is the South Pole.

But the United States does not see the United States as a nuclear threat to the United States. And we won't want to inspect the United States because we know what we have.

[vidcc]

It would be "no" because you can't make us.

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option 4 then

no they are the most powerful nation on earth and as such don't have to answer to anyone

[hobbes]

option 4 then

no they are the most powerful nation on earth and as such don't have to answer to anyone

No, that is wrong, Vidcc.

It is because we are strong enough, to refuse inspection.

To answer #4 would be to insinuate that only the most powerful country can defer inspections. Many less powerful countries fit this bill as well.

Any country that has the minimum amount of power to resist inspections will do so.

I was also not aware that all other countries allowed nuclear inspections. Are you sure?

[Cheese]

Yes.

And whilst they're at it shake america down for any chemical and biological weapons they've been developing.

[DanB]

It would be "no" because you can't make us.

As to not being a threat to anyone, I don't even see the relevance of that point to the question.

The only place which is not a threat is the South Pole.

But the United States does not see the United States as a nuclear threat to the United States. And we won't want to inspect the United States because we know what we have.

Its not all about the US you now


edit - and when did this becaome purely about nucelar weapons?

I might be mistaken but Vid did you mean power plants etc?

[hobbes]

Its not all about the US you now


edit - and when did this becaome purely about nucelar weapons?

I might be mistaken but Vid did you mean power plants etc?

Well DanB, you might be right. Perhaps in countries without nuclear weapons, inspections of nuclear powerplants could be made to ensure that the "powerplant" wasn't a ruse for another endeavor- like a bomb, perhaps.

Or less blantantly, a place to perform tests in which to gain knowledge on how to actually construct a bomb.

At any rate, it would be ridiculous to inspect our nuclear powerplants for such activity as we have fully functioning nuclear weapons already.

[vidcc]

No, that is wrong, Vidcc.

It is because we are strong enough, to refuse inspection.

To answer #4 would be to insinuate that only the most powerful country can defer inspections. Many less powerful countries fit this bill as well.

Any country that has the minimum amount of power to resist inspections will do so.

I was also not aware that all other countries allowed nuclear inspections. Are you sure?

But the question is about the usa which at the moment is the ones pushing loudest for other countries to be inspected.
the question is for opinion as to should they allow inspections.not asking if anyone can force us to

[hobbes]

But the question is about the usa which at the moment is the ones pushing loudest for other countries to be inspected.
the question is for opinion as to should they allow inspections.not asking if anyone can force us to

No, that would stupid. It would give away military secrets. Next question.