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As opposed to other sabre-rattling brutal countries that fund terrorism and _already_ have nuclear weapons.


Just because North Korea and Pakistan have nukes doesn't mean we should open the floodgates and let anyone have them.


Why just those? Others have a lot more, with better reach.


Because the others aren't "sabre-rattling brutal countries that fund terrorism".

It's not having nukes that is the problem, it's what people think you will do with them.


Show me one that doesn't fund terrorism.

I'll go first: US's Beirut Car bomb in 1985 that killed scores of women and children.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Beirut_car_bombing

You go next...


First that article hardly makes it clear that that was the US's bomb. Second it was 25 years ago. Third, you do have a black and white world view? And all countries are clearly equal?

Are you seriously unable to distinguish between countries? Are you unable to distinguish between single (or even rare) occurrences and repeated? Between countries that feel bad about such occurrences in their past and those that celebrate them?

Do you really think that saying "So and so is not so bad - after all the US did it one time." is a good argument?




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