good nukes, bad nukes
I’m trying to understand why the U.S. finds it “unacceptable” (Secretary of State Clinton as quoted by the BBC) for North Korea to develop nuclear weapons, when the U.S. itself has literally thousands of nuclear weapons ready to launch at a moment’s notice. If it’s good enough for America, why shouldn’t the Koreans — or any other country — have the same opportunity to play with nukes? I mean, if you examine the historical record, the U.S. has invaded more countries than North Korea, and AFAIK the U.S. is the only country to have actually used nukes against another country. So arguably we’re the more dangerous country. The moral high ground Clinton sounds like she thinks she’s standing on is fairly blood-soaked.