Fight for humanity, steal the advanced technology, and conquer the universe. Manifest Destiny and all that business...
strictly speaking its not a "good idea" nukes just represent the most powerful weapons in our arsenal and are really a symbol for human might and our capacity for destruction. tand the way the question is framed it assumes that the anines are already knocking at our door and have forgone trying to trick up into killing ourselves and then finishing us off while in a weakened state as opposed to when we pose a threat to themYawningAngel said:Feel free to correct me, but why is using nuclear weapons on our home planet a good idea? That way, the aliens can win just by provoking us into nuking our own planet and mopping up.Ace of Spades said:I would refuse. Assuming the alien was true to its word, integrating into alien society would not be something I'd be willing to do. Plus I'd love to see an enemy which we could actually use nuclear weapons against.
In any case, any alien with the technology to actually get here could crush us effortlessly anyway, so the answer to the OP is "HELL YES".