Good discussion for a change
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I don't feel any guilt over small pox. Colonists didn't have a clue they were carrying bugs. There was no way to stop that kind of disaster. It would have happened sooner or later. It's just the Indians bad luck.
Israel could conceivably take care of the situation with nukes but that is not a possibility, in my mind. They would never do that unless they were first hit with nukes themselves. They may be land-grabbing maggots but no human worth a dime would stoop to nuclear annialation unless it is retaliatory, IMO. Also, though Iran talks big I don't believe the bluster about wiping out Israel. Sure they want Israel to disolve and for the lands to be returned to the pre-1945 inhabitants. But they are not going to start a nuclear war over it. It is mostly self-serving propoganda. You know, most Iranians are not with the Mullahs. If they did a first strike against anyone, inluding Israel, I think it would be the end of the Mullahs. The Mullahs are not that stupid. But, personally, I think a lot of westerners ARE that stupid to buy into this crap about Iran nuking Israel (see the post above this one
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