by Karl Denninger
Market-Ticker.org
I speak of where do we, or any other nation, get the right to tell a sovereign nation what weapons they can possess — and if they disagree we have the right to preemptively bomb them?
Incidentally while we’re on this subject exactly how is it that Israel has the right to nukes but Iran (or any other nation) does not? Are we now imposing a religious litmus test on nuclear bomb possession by sovereign nations? May I ask, if we are, if both India and Pakistan pass that test? Don’t give me any baloney about “deemocracy!” either; Israel is a theocratic republic by design and has every right to be — but you cannot claim to be democratic when your Constitution protects a given religion and its representation in your government. Such a nation is a Theocratic Republic — period.
And spare me the “oh they’ll nuke someone” nonsense if they get one. Has North Korea nuked anyone yet? Remember we sanctioned the crap out of them trying to prevent them from getting a bomb. They not only got one they tested that and then a thermonuclear one. So much for that idea, never mind that everyone knows what happens if you do use one against someone else. Yes, the United States has, and we can argue whether it was a correct decision or not given the circumstances of the war we were engaged in at the time.