>>> Nation-states have a duty to their citizens to be able to conduct offensive & defensive cyber operations; a necessary condition of doing so is the ability to stockpile & exploit vulnerabilities.

You speak of war as those it's some necessary and good force, as opposed to a 0-sum-game that has lost all use in modern society.

Am I the only one who thinks that we as a race need to look to an era 200 years out where the very concept of "war" and "nation" is obsolete?