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From: Jeff Urs <jeff.urs@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Babel
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2024 00:36:03 -0000 (UTC)
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Gary McGath <garym@mcgath.com> wrote:
> Confiscating the major weapons is the real problem. Picking up nuclear 
> weapons and carrying them off would cause all kinds of international and 
> logistical issues, and someone might decide to launch them rather than 
> give them up. They're probably already poorly maintained and unreliable, 
> but that could just mean that instead of blowing up their intended 
> target, they'll blow up somebody else.

In all the history of the Thing, only Bilbo -- I mean, Ukraine -- has
voluntarily given it up, and that took all our help...

-- 
Jeff