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Originally posted by Joeaksa
Cam, I seem to remember that the Kiwi's refused to allow any American ship that even could be carrying any nuke devices to dock in their port.
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Ooops, busted
We still refuse - including nuclear powered ships. Nuclear free New Zealand. It is quite nice really.
I mean, it is great that you would protect us, but on the other hand since you wouldn't ever give us the weapons ourselves I'm not sure we need to kiss ass because of it.
My genuine view on this is that your govt has made an understandable tactical move to announce to potential aggressors that it might use nukes on them. I mean, it's all
PR really - you had the nukes before the announcement, and you have them now. Whether the policy gets announced or not, you could have reacted pre-emptively with nukes. It'll be interesting to see if your Congress ratifies it (I read it quickly, but it appeared that was required).
Fint - you left out the word "empty" before labs/bunkers. No WMD in Iraq.