Comment Comment by jilebedev > Once a country has a nuclear bomb or two, there is not much other governments can do to stop it from making more, says Ilan Goldenberg, a former head of the Iran team at the Pentagon. Plenty of states want such capabilities.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melian_DialogueThe unstated implication is that weapons and military power are for the US, and its allies. Others can't have any.The brazen arrogance of that idea is probably among the chief reasons the US is so vehemently and passionately disliked throughout the world.What precisely is wrong with other states acquiring nuclear weapons, beyond the fact that it threatens US power? parent jilebedev 11 years ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melian_Dialogue
The unstated implication is that weapons and military power are for the US, and its allies. Others can't have any.
The brazen arrogance of that idea is probably among the chief reasons the US is so vehemently and passionately disliked throughout the world.
What precisely is wrong with other states acquiring nuclear weapons, beyond the fact that it threatens US power?