I find it really ironic that these "weapons of mass destruction"that Bush is so concerned about were all developed by the West.

What did Britain and America have in mind when they developed them?

They were certainly not intended to be used as deterrents but to be used in some theatre of war.

It is said that America used some of them in Vietnam.

As far as the development of Nuclear Weapons, we know from the cold war that peace was only maintained because both sides had them.