"why is it good for the U.S. to have nuclear weapons?" /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif Well, to start, it abruptly ended WWII, while saving the lives of tens of thousand American G.I.s by not having to invade the Japanese mainland. Just like the Islamofanatics of today, the Japs got the message only one way- BY BRUTE FORCE. They were prepared to fight to the last man, and would drag out the Pacific campaign for years, spilling the blood of those tens of thousands of G.I.'s. After Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we used "diplomacy" saying, "Surrender or the whole island becomes 10,000 degrees." The Japs knew we meant it, and soon surrendered. While we haven't had to use nukes since, the fact that we may has discouraged major aggression to the U.S. mainland for 60 years. You never answered the question why a nuclear Iran would be a good thing. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused1.gif What makes diplomacy work is A SHOW OF STRENGTH. How can Ron Paul's cutting and running from Iraq be construed as a show of strength? America has been slipping away from it's Constitutional roots for nearly a century, but Ron Paul can save us? In the newspaper ad you are gushing over,(you know, the one in the "centralized mainstream media" /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif) Ron Paul berates the two party system, yet he is a member of one of those parties. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smiliesmack.gif Why not put his money where his mouth is and become an independant or run as a Losertarian? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused1.gif Yes, there are many forces at work undermining our country's freedom and sovereignty, but there is little this loon can do about it. Sorry to whiz in your Wheaties, but the "Ron Paul Revolution" only exists in the small minds of Paulbots like yourself.