Arun Mehta writes:
It may sound "stupid" to you...I suggest you read up on evolutionary game theory. Sometimes one has no choice but to respond to an arms buildup. Unilateral disarmament rarely works.
There are surely alternatives to the extremes of unilateral disarmament and an arms race? For instance, slowing down the race?
Don't ask the question as though it is theoretical. Don't try answering it as though your personal values have any bearing, because there is indeed an objective answer here. Try doing some game theory simulations and see how well unilateral disarmament works. Oh, and don't give us stuff about how humans are above evolutionary pressures or nonsense like that, because we aren't any more above such pressures than we are above the laws of physics. Perry