"boty" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message news:<[log in to unmask]>...
> I fail to see how the following statement:
>
> "There also may be fear that once the nuclear genie is out of his
>  bottle, other countries could be tempted to use their nuclear
>  arsenals."
>
> in any way indicates that the writer was indicating that the US is a
> superpower. Concern that some of the countries of the world may start using
> their nuclear arsenals is more of a human survival trait - one which comes
> about whether a country is  third-world or superpower.
>
The nuclear genie has been roaming around the world and terrorizing
especially the third world countries for quite a while now
(1945?). US  accumulated lots of nuclear weapons
under the pretext of fighting the cold war and it used those
weapons as means to black mail other nations into submission.
So US has no credibility when it talks about danger of nuclear
weapons being used.

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