Iran and the stealth bomber

[Acer]

rjmacs wrote:
[quote=Acer]
The first one to go nuclear, no matter the provocation, will have a PR problem that will follow them for centuries. I don't think Israel would want that if it can at all be avoided.

IIRC, the U.S. was the "first one to go nuclear." How's our PR on that, a few decades later?
Are you suggesting we don't carry a stigma for using those weapons?

[rjmacs]

Acer wrote:
[quote=rjmacs]
[quote=Acer]
The first one to go nuclear, no matter the provocation, will have a PR problem that will follow them for centuries. I don't think Israel would want that if it can at all be avoided.

IIRC, the U.S. was the "first one to go nuclear." How's our PR on that, a few decades later?
Are you suggesting we don't carry a stigma for using those weapons?
I'm suggesting that we seem to have escaped a PR problem that has followed us for centuries.

[OWC Jamie]

Acer wrote:
[quote=rjmacs]
[quote=Acer]
The first one to go nuclear, no matter the provocation, will have a PR problem that will follow them for centuries. I don't think Israel would want that if it can at all be avoided.

IIRC, the U.S. was the "first one to go nuclear." How's our PR on that, a few decades later?
Are you suggesting we don't carry a stigma for using those weapons?
All these deaths and attacks from bitter japanese terrorists would seem to indicate that Japan is not a favored ally at all.

[Acer]

So, now you are suggesting that using a nuclear weapon now would be seen as no big deal?

[Rolando]

billb wrote:
[quote=Acer]
[quote=rjmacs]
[quote=Acer]
The first one to go nuclear, no matter the provocation, will have a PR problem that will follow them for centuries. I don't think Israel would want that if it can at all be avoided.

IIRC, the U.S. was the "first one to go nuclear." How's our PR on that, a few decades later?
Are you suggesting we don't carry a stigma for using those weapons?
All these deaths and attacks from bitter japanese terrorists would seem to indicate that Japan is not a favored ally at all.
Have you ever spoken to someone from outside the US. I know a few people, educated people who remember and teach about the only act of Nuclear War by one country on another.
( I happen to think it was the right decision and have spent hours discussing it)

[OWC Jamie]

Rolando wrote:
[quote=billb]
[quote=Acer]
[quote=rjmacs]
[quote=Acer]
The first one to go nuclear, no matter the provocation, will have a PR problem that will follow them for centuries. I don't think Israel would want that if it can at all be avoided.

IIRC, the U.S. was the "first one to go nuclear." How's our PR on that, a few decades later?
Are you suggesting we don't carry a stigma for using those weapons?
All these deaths and attacks from bitter japanese terrorists would seem to indicate that Japan is not a favored ally at all.
Have you ever spoken to someone from outside the US. I know a few people, educated people who remember and teach about the only act of Nuclear War by one country on another.
( I happen to think it was the right decision and have spent hours discussing it) Only to those with huge "I recognize sarcasm when I see it " stickers on their foreheads.