The Gun Is Civilization

[Atypical Liberal]

12. I wish there were no nuclear weapons. But it is immoral to say "some for me, none for thee."

I wish there were no nuclear weapons.

But there are.

And if I was a country that did not have the atomic bomb, I would be working on it feverishly so that I was not the next target of imperialistic American "regime change". You'll notice we don't fuck with anyone who has the bomb.

Nations should have the right of self-determination in terms of their internal energy and self-defense goals.

Certainly it is immoral for nations with nuclear weapons to dictate to other nations that they cannot also have them.

Now if the United States wanted to rid itself of all nuclear weapons, then it would have the moral authority to tell other countries not to have them also.