XPost: rec.arts.sf.written   
   From: jeff.urs@gmail.com   
      
   Gary McGath  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   
      
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