I see it this way. If people, both westerners and easterners, are weak willed enough to buy into the propaganda of hate, there is little we can do about it except wait for some kind of an eye opening experience to enlighten them.

If people, specifically Arab nations, truly hate the United states, I doubt very,very seriously that the hate is from anything first hand in experience.

That said, propaganda is a powerful tool and can be used in reverse. If the nations that are hated do not do anything to disillusion the propaganda then they are wrong by lack of incentive. [edit] I meant to say, "initiative"

Anyway, thats my take.

As for myself, I hate ignorance. If someone hates me without knowing me, then their hate lacks any power to influence me what so ever.

For the sake of not sounding overly patriotic, the USA is a bit more trustworthy than some nations. I do not know enough to specifically point out which but I do know that there are nations that I would not really like to see have nuclear arsenals.

The USA dropped 2 bombs. I happen to be one of those people who think, in hindsight, that it was the best course of action to follow. The US of 1945 didn't have enough knowledge in nuclear weaponry to be dropping those bombs but in the end, the action proved to be the best or all the worse possible solutions.

That said, the US has had numerous occasions for dropping many more bombs and yet, has not done so for reasons I suspect are purely selfish ones but whatever the reason, I am glad that none have been deployed.

Most, if not all of the 3rd world countries currently wanting a nuclear weapons option, are about where we were in 1945 and as I said before, we did not have the capability of understanding exactly what that responsibility portended.

Back then however we had...10,000 megaton bombs? Now we have bombs that make those 2 look like fire works on some summer nights celebration.

3rd world countries do not need that capability. Now, or ever.

/2 cents

I dislike him as much, or more than most yet... There was ample opportunity to drop many such bombs and none fell.

Its not like we have a shortage on the things and need to conserve them for some future event. The point is, I am hopeful that checks and balances are in place that are sufficient to forestall such a dropping.

If Bush could have gotten away with it, they would have been used. That much I am certain of. Since none fell, he obviously had insufficient powers to employ.

Good thing all around methinks.

Depends on what you consider "Fallout"

Me personally? I consider "Ramifications" a major portion of fallout. There are other definitions besides the particles from the sky.