They are open for debate for only so long as it paralyzes action against them and/or divides the weak, stupid and feckless elements of those standing against them.
They're still going to build their nukes. It's all a game and those playing along are doing the same thing as if they were being led by the hand, talked into dropping their drawers, getting bent over a bench and punked so hard they spend the rest of their days wearing a skirt and lipstick and turning tricks to enrich their tormentors.