I question your sanity.
I question your sanity.
I question your sanity.
The question at hand was whether the U.S. had a right to prohibit other countries from acquiring nuclear weapons - not whether it is in our national interests to do everything in our power to prevent them from doing so.
As I wrote:
We have no logical arguments, and must therefore use persuasion and - if necessary - force to prevent certain countries from coming into possession of nuclear weapons.
So I am certainly not in favor of rogue states, failed states, or what have you, of getting their hands on nukes. On the contrary, I am very much in favor of our using even "dirty tricks" (covert tactics, the assassination of rogue leaders, etc.) in order to achieve such aims.
I merely maintain that it cannot be argued with Aristotelean logic that we, indeed, possess any objective right to dictate to other countries how they should stock their arsenals.
I admit that the argument is a subtle one, but I trust you to understand the difference I am trying to make.
Regards,