>>>2. Does Saddams wishing he had a nuclear weapon before invading Kuwait not scare everyone?
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>>It scares me if ANY country has nuclear weapons. There is no guarantee that the leaders of any country in the World will always take responsible choices in this respect. And the mere fact of having them is - whether you plan to use them or not - is perceived as a threat by others.
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>Does the United States, Great Britain, or France having nuclear weapons worry you as much as Saddam having them?

Each one worries me in a different way. Saddam Hussayn, I think we agree on this, is a dangerous person, so any weapons in his hands are dangerous.

On the other hand, the weapons in the countries you mention - and in quite a few more! - make me worry by their sheer numbers - nothing close to which Iraq (which might otherwise be dangerous) is likely to achieve in the near future. I understand that there are enough weapons to destroy the entire planet several times. And don't forget the tremendous money wasted on all this - there was a time when the World used about a trillion dollars a year in weapons (I think this doesn't include other military expenditures) - resources which, in a united World, might be put to better uses.

It might be argued that the countries you mentioned have responsible leadership. But who guarantees that this is really the case? For instance, the United States might be seized by a military dictatorship at any moment. This has happened in many countries in the past.

And an atomic war might be started almost accidentally.