> -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Brust [mailto:skzb at dreamcafe.com] > Sent: 11 February 2005 18:39 > To: Howard Brazee > Cc: dragaera at dragaera.info > Subject: Re: The Nuclear family > > On Fri, 2005-02-11 at 11:46, Howard Brazee wrote: > > 3. Backward nations usually have an enormous percentage of > the wealth concentrated in the hands of very few, which few > exercise more and more direct political power in defense of > that wealth (usually under the cover some sort of religious > doctrine combined with blatant militarism). > > There are others, of course. But I think most people would > agree that a nation that displays those characteristics ought > not to trusted with weapons of terror. > Given point 3. should the U.S. be trusted with Nukes? Mark