Is america being hypocritical about nuclear weapons?

Question

Why is it ok for us to have nukes but we don't want north korea or iran to have them.....we are the only country to ever use one in anger.

Answer 1

We at least play by what passes for "the rules" which means our nuclear arms are covered by international agreements. The same applies to most of the other countries that have them (one exception is India).

In other words, we and the other nuclear powers behave rationally -- if you can use that word about nuclear weapons -- and predictably. Even the former Soviet Union dealt with nuclear weapons from a rational standpoint -- they knew what mutually assured destruction (MAD) meant and they and the US managed to follow the logic of MAD throughout the cold war.

Iran and North Korea ARE not covered by international agreements and if they are, they have shown they do not intend to keep them. Iran and North Korea sponsor terrorism. The leaders of these two countries DO NOT behave rationally, espeically North Korea's leader. Thus, until these two governments show an interest in complying with the wishes of the world, the world wishes them not to have nuclear weapons.

Answer 2

First off, we've never just "used a nuclear weapon in anger". I'd like to see your proof of that. And second, we're not a terror nation. Iran, and Syria are terror Nations, and North Korea's president starves, tortures, and murders his own people. Can you imagine what that nut would do with a nuke, Lib?

Answer 3

North Korea and Iraq would use them for fun. America is being as hypocritical as a parent when there 10 year old asks for the keys to the car.

Answer 4

No, absolutely not. Is it hypocritical for a parent to say a child should have a gun for self defense just because the parent has one?

BTW, we used nukes in self defense. Have you ever met someone who was on a ship as part of the invasion force to shut down the Japanese war machine? I suspect not. Perhaps we should have let Japan rearm and just left them alone. Would the Japanese people be better off today? Perhaps we should have left France to the Nazis also. Perhaps we would have been better off if Hitler had devised the nukes first.

Answer 5

We natural don't want terrorists or countries that sponser terrorists to have nuclear weapons. Both of Iran and North Korea are enemies of America. What sane nation would want their enemies to posses the most destructive weapons ever produced?

Answer 6

specific it fairly is hypocritical, yet that would not recommend it fairly is faulty. If a rustic like Iran developes nuclear weapons it's going to be an extremely undesirable element for a good sort of folk. the U. S. have been the only united states of america to apply them in anger yet to be honest there grew to become right into slightly justification. Japan could be grateful that there wasn't an entire scale invasion as lots greater civillians might have been killed. besides greater people have been killed in the Firestorm that swept by Tokyo after it grew to become into bombed than have been killed in Nagasaki or Hiroshima. on the top of the day the arguement might desire to not fairly be approximately despite if or not they might desire to have dropped them , it particularly is might desire to be despite if it fairly is morally real to attack a civillian objective. there are various different international locations and terrorist communities that at the instant have no difficulty with blowing up civillians so as that they are in no place to criticise.

Answer 7

You know, Hiroshima "seemed like a good idea at the time", but we are having our own Hiroshima over here. I live in one of the Manhattan Project areas, and cancer hits almost every family here in some way. Our government has set up a Superfund to try to clean up these contaminated areas by putting "clay caps" over it (not really a solution to the problem!). Nukes are good for no one.

Answer 8

Nukes are antiques we have MOABs. 22,000lb convetional smart bombs with nuke blast power but NO radiation.

WE have Tomahawks with fuel-air explosive war heads. They can carry 10 war heads. They burn entire cities with fuel-air explosive.

First the MOAB, followed 10 seconds later by a Tomahawk. The entire city is flattened and then burned with fuel-air explosive. There is no way to survive!

We don't need nukes any more, our tech has made them obsolete.

Answer 9

We do not use them now, or threaten to use them on anyone. Meanwhile, Iran and Korea have specifically stated that they would like to use nukes to blow us up.

Answer 10

Because North Korea or Iran would use them to instigate something. We would use them to retaliate.