Why do we think we can have nuclear weapons and others can't?

[PlanetBev]

Has there ever been an explanation for this? We've got a defense arsenal is this country to choke a horse, but we're telling others to disarm? Gimme a break. Did it ever occur to these cretins in power that America is a shitty role model? It's only natural that other countries that we don't like would be arming themselves to the teeth right now. Surely they must be thinking, "Sadamm didn't have WMD's and look what happened to him!"

[leftofthedial]

1. because Gawd is on our side

and we were first

[Sequoia]

2. I'm the boss, see

so if you don't do what we want we'll nuke you.

[flordehinojos]

3. my husband and i were just talking about that!!!!

[RoBear]

4. I was also thinking about that today.

Why can we have 'em and other countries can't--one of the big mysteries to me.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. Does That Mean Nuclear Proliferation Is A Good Thing?

[vpigrad]

6. I don't know about you...

but I trust the people in control of North Korea a heck of a lot more than I trust the Bushie junta.

[PlanetBev]

8. Notice that we don't threaten North Korea?

That's because they have WMD and a millon man army.

Have you ever seen the North Korean army march by on your T.V. screen? We already know from experience not to fuck with an Asian army. So we go after weak, discordant Arab nations, knowing they can't fight back.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. Saddam Had A Million Man Army Too Prior To Gulf War One...

North Korea is a threat because they could turn Seoul into dust in an artillery barrage...

[FreedomAngel82]

14. The people who I've talked to

who are pro-Bush I always ask them about that. Why is it always some little baby country the size of one of our states in the middle of nowhere with nothing but oil always the one's with WMD's? Why not Israel? How about Saudi Arabia? North Korea? China? :shrug: Make them think about it. Heh heh. Oh and also why aren't we aloud to go into Pakistain? Someone told me that.

[Seeing Red]

7. We're not TERRORISTS!

we're not THREATENING the SECURITY of the WORLD!

We're not on the AXIS OF EVIL

and WE wouldn't actually USE them .. oh, wait....we're the only country that has ACTUALLY used nukes? whoops...

yes, good point

[MrSlayer]

10. Do you really want other countries to have them?

I certainly don't want Iran or Syria or any of those other theocratic countries to possess nukes. Because they wouldn't hesitate to use them as they are under the delusion that "god" wants them to smite "infidels". Nuclear arms in the hands of fundamentalists would not be a good thing.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. It's Like Gun Control....

Would we be better off if everybody was packing heat...


You would have carnage on the highways... Somebody flips you off shoot them...


Somebody gives you lip in a bar... Put a bullet behind his ear....


The Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty was created because the nations of the world knew that the more nations who had nukes the more nations would want them...

If I'm Junichiro Koizumi I ask the Japanese parliament to amend the Constitution to get some nukes of my own...

[buzzard]

12. Nuclear arms in *sh's hands are a dangerous thing. n/t

[FreedomAngel82]

13. That's what I've asked others

on boards for debates and when I bring up PNAC. Of course they're clueless about PNAC so I briefly fill them in and provide the two most reliable sources about PNAC. It is being very hypocrtical when we have as many WMD's as anybody but here we are going around the world bossing people and telling them not to have protection over attacks. No wonder the world sees us as a bully.