What groups support the use of weapons of mass distruction?
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I agree with the answerer who states that the term "Weapons of Mass Destruction" is a term the media came up with for dramatic purposes, I will use the term in my answer just for the sakes of ease and clarity.\n\nWhile some of the answers I read to this question target the United States of America, the US government does not "support" the indescretionate use of weapons of mass destruction.\n\nThe only parties that support the indescretionate use of wmd's are the like of terrorists. \n\nI must, however, concede that America did bomb Japan twice and have done our best to turn parts of countries like Afganistan and Iraq into parking lots if you take my meaning, we did not do that without absolute cause. The United States, as well as other countries with "wmd's", only supports their use when all other options have been exhausted. \n\nThe two Atomic bombs we dropped on Japan were reciprocity, and they worked. Japan was not a big problem afterwards. As far as the massively heavy artillery we have used in Iraq and Afganistan, they were simply needs of war. \n\nAt the end of the active cold war, the leaders of the United States and Russia both agree on a hope that anyone with weapons powerful enough to destroy the world, (ie, Nuclear bombs) would be smart enough to never use them.\n\nIn other words, America and Russia were in a race to have the most Nuclear bombs...not to use them, but to keep the Nuclear Equilibrium. Whereas terrorists aquire one dirty bomb simply for the purposes to use it.
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It is a method for organizing a group in such a way that it can more effectively resist penetration by an opposing organization. It is a method used by criminal organisations and terrorist organizations as well as legitimate resistance groups, undercover operatives, and special forces.
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WHAT PERCENT OF THE LIBERALS BELIEVE THIS?::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear.We want to\nshow, one way \n    or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass\ndestruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line." - President\nClinton, Feb. 4, 1998\nusly diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program." -\nPresident Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998\n\nIraq is a long way from here, but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the\nrisks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons\nagainst us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face." - Madeline Albright, Feb 18,\n1998\n\n"He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983." -\nSandy Berger, Clinton National Security Adviser, Feb, 18,1998\n\n"We urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution\nand laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on\nsuspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its\nweapons of mass destruction programs." - Letter to President Clinton, signed by Sens. Carl\nLevin (D-MI), Tom Daschle (D-SD), John Kerry ( D - MA), and others Oct. 9,1998\n\n"Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction\ntechnology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the\nweapons inspection process." - Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA), Dec. 16, 1998\n\n"Hussein has ... chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and\npalaces for his cronies." - Madeline Albright, Clinton Secretary of State, Nov. 10, 1999\n\n"There is no doubt that ... Saddam Hussein has invigorated his weapons programs. Reports\nindicate that biological, chemical and nuclear programs continue apace and may be back to\npre-Gulf War status. In addition, Saddam continues to redefine delivery systems and is\ndoubtless using the cover of an illicit missile program to develop longer-range missiles that\nwill threaten the United States and our allies." - Letter to President Bus h, Signed by Sen.\nBob Graham (D, FL,) and others, December 5, 2001\n\n"We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and threat to the peace\nand stability of the region. He has ignored the mandated of the United Nations. "We have\nknown for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass\ndestruction." - Sen. Ted Kennedy (D, MA), Sept. 27, 2002\n\n"The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October of 1998. We are confident that\nSaddam Hussein retains some stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, and that he\nhas since embarked on a crash course to build up his chemical and biological warfare\ncapabilities. Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter\nand we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power." - Al Gore,\nSept. 23, 2002\n\n"We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons\nof mass destruction." - Sen. Ted Kennedy (D, MA), Sept. 27, 2002\n\n"The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October of 1998. We are confident that\nSaddam Hussein retains some stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, and that he\nhas since embarked on a crash course to build up his chemical and biological warfare\ncapabilities. Intelligence reports indicate that he is seeking nuclear weapons..." - Sen.\nRobert Byrd (D, WV), Oct. 3, 2002\n\n"There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop\nnuclear weapons and will likely have nuclear weapons within the next five years ... We also\nshould remember we have always underestimated the pr
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The Demorats want a world government.  They have stated so many times.  Personally, I think satan is using the Demorats to disarm the USA so that the Islamist terrorists can over run it.  Shut down the UN and turn the building into a homeless shelter.
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That might be possible if it wasn't for the fact that many of these organizations are opposed by the USA. Many of these are out to bring the USA to bear for war crimes and crimes against humanity, which is in the interests of everybody.
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one source ws from the former soviet union...after that fell apart many former soviet officials started peddling off their stuff like a yard sale on the black market.  I would guess a lot comes to them through Syria who gets them from russia and china.  You are right Jennifer.  There are international arms dealers who don't care who they sell to...some have lived right here in the U.S.  In wwII there were people who were American citizens who actually sold equipment to Hitler.  I'm sure it continues and that is a disgrace.
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If you have access to Usenet, post this question to rec.guns.  If there's an answer, someone there will know it, I guarantee it.
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I feel they have every right to self defense just as any other country in the world.  Remember, the US isn't one to police the world in terms of nukes.  The US is the only country that has ever used it as a weapon in war time. No other country has.  The US is just another landmass on the map.  If one country can have mass killing weapons, then everyone else has the right to defend themselves as well.
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Great question.  I would love to see Murtha, Sheehan, Moore, and even John Kerry holding hands in front of a mosque in a means of protest.  See how they feel when they are attacked by a suicide bomber.  These liberals need to decide what they stand for (instead of just anti-Bush) before they start bashing our troops and other military leaders.  They might be worth listening to if they ever had any good points to make.
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One would have to select them by hand and send them all messages asking them to participate and give them reasons too. Tell them what the outcome will be of this "revolution".\n\n\nAt least thats what i would do...
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M-16s?  No.  Not powerful enough.\n\nDillon 20 mm mini-guns installed on HUMVEES and Apache helicopters.  And land mines.  Let's not forget land mines.
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I believe a weapon of mass destruction is one that can yeild wide-spread devastation in a single blow.  You're right, 'conventional' weapons can produce simular effects, but only when several are deployed at once.  Further, a weapon of mass destruction tends to take advantage of scientific advancements which originated fairly recently in human history, such as nuclear fission, fusion, bioengineering and so on.  A single modern nuclear warhead can not only lay waste to an entire metropolian area, but can irradiate the soil and lierally spread radiation across the entire surface of the Earth; lierally 'mass' destruction.
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Guns, handguns, Bombs, Nuclear weapons, and other weapons
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Yes let's unite and fight terrorism and the proliferation of nuclear weapons wiping out mankind!\n\nBeing divided is the desire of the politicians -- for POWER and WEALTH.\nThe government should fear all its people, REPUBLICANS or DEMOCRATS! (And you independents!)
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I am not and I would like to round up all liberals and send them to GITMO and let all of them stand in a circle, holding hands with their muslim brothers, singing peace\nsongs before they're beheaded by their peaceful muslim brothers. Maybe, then maybe they might get the message. No one will ever get my 2 weapons, except barrel first.
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Libertarian answer:\nGive them what they want.  Why does our own arrogance trump common sense?\n\n1)  Stop giving foreign aid to Israel.  We give them $9000/year to every man, woman, and child.  Why are we paying for this from our hard-earned tax dollars?\n\n2)  Stop arming their dictators and keeping the oppressors in power?  Want to disarm the middle-east and bring about democratic change...DON'T SELL WEAPONS TO THEM.  Stop letting arms smugglers go with a wink and a nod.  Don't sell them the means and tech to produce biological and chemical weapons the dictators will use to stay in power and murder their own people more efficiently.\n\n3) Stop educating the jihadists.  That's right, their anti-american, pro-killing jihadist textbooks used in the maddrassas ARE PRINTED BY OUR GOVERNMENT and given to them in a program running from the mid 70's until today.  Knock it off.\n\n4)  Break the Saudi OPEC monopoly.  Our business treaties with the middle east mainly involve bribing the Saudi's and other shieks with huge amounts of cash for their oil.  They in turn use that money to mollify the poor folk by arming them, keeping them angry but loyal and blind to the class difference in their own countries.  Our foreign policy supports this whole-heartedly.  WE DON'T CARE if it is a democracy or a dictatorship, so long as they are Western friendly.\n\n5)  Open a real dialogue of understanding, this means our foreign policy must be more than "Yeeee-haw!!!".  Use real statesmen and diplomats that are culturally sensitive and can work out real deals that keep the interests and dignity of everyone in mind.  One-sided demands really don't work that well, nobody likes to be threatened or bullied into doing things against their self-interest.\n\n6)  Let them evolve and come around themselves.  Don't give any quarter in our own territory, but at the same time don't infringe upon them.  Their cultural values are as sacred to them as ours are to us.  Accept the fact that there is no black and white, right or wrong, good or evil.  The western powers have not been saints EVER in their countries, nor are all Arabs demonic heathens.
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No one should have Neclear Weapons.  If one blew up anywhere in the world it would affect every country.  The world as we know it would be gone.  Dangerous, dangerous things.