After reading this entire thread...I have determined that it is best to do so in small portians. Doing otherwise can be hazardous to your sanity.
Oh well...still feel oblidged to throw my two bucks in...
I find it intersting that most of the later comments (don't even get me started on the earlier ones...) concern themselves with the moral implications of weapons. This is kind of like saying "I give you a choice, you can be gutted or decapitated!". I'm not covering that, though; this has already been beaten to death.
But if Confed was thrown to the wall by an enemy - say, the Nephilem- and their scientists simultaniously developed an ew super-weapon GUARENTEED effective, but which killed their enemies in the most horrific and destructive way possible...which would it be? Certain annihilation or rescue by immorality?
Let's not forget that Confed Black Ops developed the Temblor Bomb (not to mention the Behemoth), which Blair used to destroy an entire planet, many of them civilians, undoubtebly. This same race tortured and maimed many of us, yes - but does such retaliation make it right? Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth - or, in this case, head for arms and legs?
Plus, Ops created the GE program, from which sprung Seether and the Black Lance. Which gets me back to my earlier question. In dire circumstances, is it moral to use immoral weapons? We may kill our enemies, maybe, but is it worth it to become them? Kinda like the "Admiral" ending of WingIV...
I think it's thought-provoking, and not a little scary.