[AzJP]

Jonah:
Thanks!
Yes. Plenty of jerks out there with WMD, and I'd prefer to be armed and passive.

"Dear Iraq: Build what you want to build.
We've parked interesting big submarines near you.
They're real close to you. You launch? We launch.
You are a lot closer to our launch, and you are a more concise target. You won't feel a thing. You'll never know your launches went any where. We've got a helluva' lot more experience than you.
Adios!"

[lewislynn]

They're real close to you. You launch? We launch.

Which area of our country are you willing to sacrifice for their first launch?...Yours?

[jbstrick]

You are also giving them the 'out' of plausable deniability. So, by yout account they can develop WMD, then accidentially 'lose' one.

Then it ends up in Seattle on a cargo ship.....

[Uncle Miltie]

Deterrence works with the sane. Thus, the Soviet Union, China, India, Pakistan (barely), Israel, France (?) and the U.K. can have them.

The insane are not deterred, thus the Axis of Evil: Iraq, Iran and North Korea cannot be safely assumed to be deterred. Saddam will nuke neighbors for fun, Iran for Allah, and Kim for an extra inch-and-a-half of height. These folks are nuts, and cannot be allowed to become nuts with nukes.

Bush Doctrine II: No Nuts with Nukes.