The topic of nuclear weapons is one that will be around forever. One of my
favorite lines from the reading we had was that we cannot uninvent nuclear
weapons and this is completely right. If asked outright if I am for or against
nuclear weapons I would have to say that I am very much for them and I think
they are and absolute necessity for our country. We one of the riches countries
in the world but I think that also makes us the biggest target in the world. I
think for us to have nuclear weapons is an absolute necessity, I do at the same
time believe we should never fire them. If we were to totally rid ourselves of
nuclear weapons we might as well put a big sign on the front lawn of the White
House saying the country was for sale to the highest bidder or whoever had the
biggest bomb. The nuclear weapons we do have ended the cold war, stopped Sadam
in Iraq, and probably have stopped many other attacks on our country and our
citizens. People have seen what nuclear weapons can do from the bombings in
Japan that ended World War 2. These are powerful images in people’s mind and
not something they can deal with if they decide to attack the US. The case for
the removal of nuclear weapons is a very good one. These are indeed in the
fullest extent of the words, weapons of mass destruction. These weapons pose
many fears as well as morality questions that are all brought up by the
anti-nuclear people. The fact that the weapons are not capable of only wiping
out military targets is one that really gets to me. Weapons should never be used
against civilians and there is nothing to stop a nuclear weapon from affecting
only military targets. Another fear of mine related to these weapons has to do
with it takes very little effort to do a large amount of damage. Nuclear weapons
are neither an offensive nor a defensive weapon. They are more of a scare
tactic. We as a world leader must always be on the cutting edge with our weapons
and weapons systems or else, we will no longer be that world leader.