Can the use of nuclear weapons be justified?

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    9/20/2007 2:05:26 PM

    Very good.

    9/19/2007 1:38:57 PM

    excellent issue

    6/25/2007 9:18:43 AM

    Nuclear weapons cannot be justified and deserve condemnation
    By Archbishop Renato Martino, L'Osservatore Romano, 15 October 1997

    5/15/2007 1:59:06 PM

    I can't find any reason to knock this.  There will be two sides to this issue, which is key.

    4/21/2007 8:53:48 PM

    issue prior to revisions:

    Should nuclear weaponry ever be used?
    Yes
    No
    No position or position not known.

    3/11/2007 4:08:36 PM

    Good revision, I support that.

    3/8/2007 1:54:49 PM

    "ever be used" is odd ... i like this issue but is there a revision out there waiting to happen?

    Can the use of nuclear weaponry be justified?

    3/8/2007 1:54:49 PM

    "ever be used" is odd ... i like this issue but is there a revision out there waiting to happen?

    Can the use of nuclear weaponry be justified?

    12/12/2006 2:42:03 PM

    Some would say their sheer destructive power is immoral. Some would say they're a tactical mistake waiting to happen that will result in world annihilation. Some would say they're an automatic deterrent to their own use. And some would say that in a controlled situation, unlikely to escalate into global holocaust, they can be used effectively for a military purpose. I think this could sustain a debate, and turn up some truly blood-curdling public figure evidence.