Q: What country is the only country to have dropped a nuclear bomb on another?
A: The United States of Amerca. On August 6, 1945 The United States dropped an atom bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Over 70,000 were killed by that bomb. Three days later, on August 9, 1945 the United States dropped another atom bomb on Nagasaki, Japan. That second bomb killed more than 70,000 others. Neither bomb distinguished between men, women, and children. Those who were there when the bombs hit died.
Q: What country today has the largest arsenal of nuclear weapons?
A: The United States of America. The Educational Foundation for Nuclear Science (EFNS) which publishes the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists estimates that 55% of the more than 128,000 nuclear warheads built worldwide since 1945 have been built by the Untied States.
Q: What country has the longest range and most accurate delivery system for nuclear weapons?
A: The United States of America. We have Minutemen Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles and submarine-launched Trident missiles which can carry multiple warheads (each with an explosive power many times greater than the atom bombs dropped on Japan) and can be guided to hit targets virtually anywhere in the world. We also have the shorter range Tomahawk cruise missiles used in the Gulf War.
Q: What country has the largest stockpile of biological weapons such as Anthrax?
A: The answer is not known but it may well be The United States. The United States developed biological weapons during and after World War II. Between 1971 and 1972 it allegedly destroyed those weapons. It continued, however, to conduct research on how to defend itself against biological agents. Despite its obligation under the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention to destroy and not develop potentially lethal biological weapons, in other words, for research purposes the United States may have stockpiled weapons grade biological agents. Many believe, therefore, that the weapons grade anthrax that was sent in the mail and killed 5 people in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attack on America was stolen from a laboratory in the United States conducting research on biological weapons.
Q: What countries have developed and employed chemical weapons?
A: Many, including the United States. The United Stated used napalm and other chemical agents in Vietnam. Nalpalm sets forests, farms, and people on fire. Agent Orange, used along with napalm to clear jungle areas, poisoned people including many of our own soldiers.
Q: Which of the following countries has not ratified the Rome Statute establishing an International Criminal Court to prosecute crimes against humanity? Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Liechtenstein, Luxembour, Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
A: The United States. Furthermore, President George Bush is the only world leader who has actively opposes the International Criminal Court.
Q: Which of the following countries has not abolished the death penalty? Australia, Belgium, Cambodia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, East Timor, Finland, France, Germany, Haiti, Hungary, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Yugoslavia?
A: The United States and Iraq.
Q: What country do the people of other nations consider the greatest threat to human rights in the world today?
A: For most of them it is not Iraq.
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