Since we are so fearful of destruction, why do we invent these destructive weapons?

既然害怕毁灭，为什么要发明毁灭性的东西呢？

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He said, "They say that Iraq is producing mass destructive weapons. It is false and untrue."

他说：“他们说伊拉克在生产大规模杀伤性武器，这是错误的，这不真实。”

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Because every nation must understand that true security will never come from an endless race for ever-more destructive weapons - true security will come for those who reject them.

因为每一个国家必须明白，如果一个种族永久拥有杀伤性武器，真正的安全是不会到来的。只有摒弃这些武器，真正的安全才会到来。

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"I like to point huge destructive weapons at evil things and destroy them, " he says.

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The United States of America will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world's most destructive weapons.

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The most obvious explanation is of course that, leaving aside the mobile labs, there are no massively destructive weapons or facilities in Iraq to find.

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