RD2WINAGNBEAR86 said:
D. C. Bear said:
Sam Lowry said:
When you see nuclear weapons proliferating around the world, understand that the blame is squarely on your head and those of your fellow neocons. It was you who used the nuclear issue as a pretext for imperial aggression and, in the process, destroyed a nonproliferation framework that took a generation to build. You people are a menace to every life on the planet.
"Imperial aggression" is an interesting term. You sound like a Soviet propagandist.
When I see nuclear weapons proliferating around the world, I see nations acting in what they see as their own best interests. North Korea. India. Pakistan. Israel. South Africa*
*The only nation that dismantled its own nuclear weapons program.
* - Don't forget about Ukraine. The fact that they got rid of their nukes is one of the main reasons they're in the mess they are now.
Russia actually signed the same pact we did, along with the UK, when Ukraine gave up nuclear weapons, which said we would protect them. Russian aggression is the real imperial aggression going on.
We are making our share of mistakes in the Middle East, clearly driven by the basic theory that chaos in that region is best for us. But many of these decisions are probably not simply "right" or "wrong," our leaders are having to try to figure out what the best of bad options is.
The fact is, we do have to rely upon Israeli intelligence to know whether the Iranians have continued enriching uranium past 60%, or whether they are even there...
And clearly, the countries who have the most at stake regarding Iran, won't do squat. It's a conundrum. At some point we must remove their nuclear capability. If we accomplish that, all prior sins will be forgiven. A bombed bridge suddenly irrelevant. But how do we justify sacrificing so many Americans?