Comment by wahsd | Hacker News Reader

Comment by wahsd | Hacker News Reader

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Let us keep in mind that as we boot up our own cyber sabres to rattle at China, et al., the USA and Israel are extensively attacking and, essentially, invading sovereign nations and breaching the international peace. I don't like corrupt, oppressive regimes any more than the next guy or gal, but maybe we should try just not creating, causing, supporting, or sustaining them in the first place. I really don't think that the actions our government is taking in our name is in any manner better than the very "regimes" they feel righteous to openly attack.

As with the unfettered use and expansion of drone warfare in a stupid, narrow-minded, degenerate manner; this type of wanton wielding and violence through cyber weapons will backfire on us. Who will no longer feel justified to use the very same tools against our own national grid and economy if we show no ability for restraint at using the nuclear option.

Just a few thoughts to keep in mind. You can't whine and cry once the shit you pull being an asshole is turned on you.

Your points makes sense, but I think it is fair to say that the US is openly engaged in a kind of Cold War with Iran, for good or for ill, and everyone understands that.

When a government uses its resources to prey upon another country's companies, that is also a kind of Cold War. Of course, we cannot prevent China from doing so, if they choose. But are they actually prepared for the eventual tit-for-tat response? At this point, China is merely getting its fair warning. What matters is what unfolds over the next decade.

You can't whine and cry once the shit you pull being an asshole is turned on you.

Is it your opinion that ignoring seven UN resolutions demanding a halt uranium enrichment activities does not on some level constitute asshole behavior?

Why does the US get to continue uranium enrichment/building of nuclear warheads, but places like Iran are not allowed to do so?

Why is the US considered a trustworthy enough country to have control over weapons that if used would change the world in mere seconds and kill millions?

Why does the US get to continue uranium enrichment/building of nuclear warheads, but places like Iran are not allowed to do so?

1. The US doesn't build nuclear warheads, and presently doesn't have the capability of replacing the ones it has. This is a whole issue of its own.

2. Because of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, which Iran ratified.

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