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Bill: Nuclear MAD Policy
Details
Submitted by[?]: Leviathan Party
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: March 2098
Description[?]:
As per the approved military policy, we must update our stance regarding nuclear weapons, as we have voted to authorize nuclear strikes in response to a conventional attack on the Malivian homeland. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning the use of nuclear weaponry in warfare.
Old value:: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare unless another nation uses them first.
Current: The nation shall never use nuclear weapons in warfare.
Proposed: The nation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in warfare for any reason.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 21:33:59, August 18, 2005 CET | From | Protectorate Party | To | Debating the Nuclear MAD Policy |
Message | It was the one point we disagreed on on the military policy bill. Now that we have it seperate we can express our disaproval of using nuclear weapons against conventional attacks. |
Date | 04:09:06, August 19, 2005 CET | From | Leviathan Party | To | Debating the Nuclear MAD Policy |
Message | MAD doesn't work if we do not respond to conventional attacks with nuclear weapons. Our support for rearming the nuclear arsenal was contingent upon those weapons being used as a deterrant to prevent invasion of the homeland. If we have nuclear weapons, and are not prepared to use them against conventional attacks on our homeland, we are essentially defenseless. We will have a nuclear arsenal, thus making ourselves a target, but no willingless to use them, making those weapons useless. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||||
yes | Total Seats: 51 | ||||
no |
Total Seats: 46 | ||||
abstain | Total Seats: 3 |
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