Why do some countries have a right to have nukes and others don't?

Question

Who gave the ok for India and Pakistan to have nukes? How did Israel manage to get around the nuclear nonproliferation treaty?

Answer 1

You are right, no country has the right to impose it's will on another.

That said, we must do everything we can to insure nuclear weapons do not become commonplace. If everybody has them eventually somebody will use them. The idea is to prevent everybody from having them.

For those that already have them, there is nothing short of nuclear war we can do to take them away from them. What are we going to do to take them away? declare war against a nation that is nuclear armed? what will they do? use those weapons on us. And that is why new nations want nuclear weapons, now more than ever due to the new United Statesian policy of preemptive attacks, to ensure they don't get pre-empted.

Answer 2

The idea is to stop countries from getting nukes. You already know about the treaty however once a country gets nukes how do you take away that knowledge. Israel, Pakistan and India are examples of the the reality that once a nuke power always a nuke power. Only South Africa was willingly given up nukes and that decision was racially motivated to prevent blacks from having a bomb. All we can do is make it as much a hassle as we can so to slow down a nuke arms race.

Answer 3

Some are allowed to have them, like the US and it's buddies. The others make them on the DL, and can't be disarmed, lest the country in question threatens to use said weapon. So the idea is to stop countries that are creating nukes from getting from point A to point B, before the actual nuke can be used against other countries. But this doesn't apply to the US and it's buddies. Get it?

Answer 4

The point is not weather one country has a right to have them or not. The point is should the world trust some countries with them? Isn't there a responsibility of the world leaders to keep these weapons from wacko leaders? Should the United States have interfered when Germany wanted to rule the world? We should not wait until Iran has the bomb before we worry about why they want it. The Iranian president is a nut job and should not be trusted with it. He sent president Bush a letter that was a verbatim copy of the letter Mohamed sent his enemies before attacking them. I hope you are not one of these people who blame 9/11 on Bush then ask why should we care if Iran has nukes?

Answer 5

No one nation has the "right" to nuclear weapons. it is terrible that any one has them, but they do. You can't give the technology or ability to manufacture them back and pretend it does not exist, because some one else won't.
So the question becomes do you or any other same person want more countries to have them, especially unstable ones antagonistic to the West? Or, even worse, do you want disaffected non-nation status groups to acquire them in any shape or form?
Most nations have systems and procedures in place so the weapons do not become the personal property of the current leader. Not so with the parties wishing to acquire them today.
Think of the most emotionally driven, irrational, wacky, nut job of a "Loose Cannon" that you know in your town or city. Would you give him launch codes for his personal agenda?
No where did I say these people were stupid and they are certainly not lazy. They have patience and a dedication to their agenda, that most Americans cannot fathom, because they have no reference point in their own lives.
Even if the West was to attempt to please them at all turns, they would not be quieted. it would only indicate to them a weakness to be exploited towards their final goals, the destruction of western culture, and the elimination of all Jews.
Do you think they have the "right" to Nuclear Parity?

Answer 6

We object to Iran's and North Korea's objective of developing nuclear weapons because they are not transparent governments. Iran also has pledged to destroy another country, no other country with "nukes" has done that. So if we don't try and prevent them from obtaining the technology who knows what they would end up doing with them. Maybe even target your favorite coffee shop.

Answer 7

Because the world knows the difference which countries will show restraint when it comes to the Nukes and those like Iran, North Korea that would not.

Answer 8

All countries Except for any African OR Latino nations can have them.....definitely not African nations

You will see world war 4 5 6 7 8 9
if they ever get a their hands on one

Answer 9

If you can develop them on the sly, suddenly you have the "right" to have them because no one will have the cajones to attempt to take them away from you.

I predict that twenty or thirty years from now there will be many more nations who have acquired the "right" to have nukes. This makes it even more imperative that we learn to settle our disputes in a manner that doesn't involve blowing each other up.

Answer 10

It seems to me that most countries are going to do whatever the hell they want to anyway.