And We Wonder Why They See Us as a Bully
Jim Wallis says it well:
I don’t believe any country should possess nuclear weapons. But the attempt to restrict the development of nuclear weapons by other countries, while continuing to upgrade and modernize our own, is simply hypocrisy.
posted by Degolar @ 11:58 PM
2 Comments:
Fundamentally wrong. The U.S. probably won't use its nukes, Korea will. True, no one should have them, but psychopathic pseudo-countries really, really shouldn't have them.
I think the key phrase is, “while continuing to upgrade and modernize our own.” In North Korea’s case the world may have a unified opinion that it is not safe, but the general rule that we have more and better weapons than anyone else—and decide whether anyone else can have any—is purely based on our own self-interest. Not because we are morally superior or less likely to use them, but because we have the power to dictate the situation. Since I live in this country I enjoy the security that comes with that and can’t really complain, but we might as well admit what we’re doing is based on self-interest and not the moral high ground--go ahead and accept that we’re hypocritical and don’t pretend otherwise, realize that we’re a bully and not be surprised when others are annoyed at us for being one.
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