Rofl, Mike. They are there to flex our muscles. Just to show we are big and bad. Why did NK get nukes? Leverage! No one is going to use them unless it comes down to WW3 in which case it doesn't matter because we are all F'd in the A anyway. Yes we actually do spend money on nukes. If we don't use them, it's still not a waste. People THINK you are going to use them, but really, wearen't. You've got to be an idiot to use a nuke in a 1 v 1 war. I doubt Iraq ever even thought US would use a nuke on them for two reasons. 1. Iraq hadsn't done squat to America. They weren't even involved in 9/11. 2. Iraq knows that if a nuke is used, the whole world gets really pissed at America. Then, America is F'd in the A.