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> We can't say that about any of the other countries in the region like Iran, Turkey, Syria, Yemen etc etc. Can we for a second, step back and acknowledge who
by cultofmetatron 1y ago
> We can't say that about any of the other countries in the region like Iran, Turkey, Syria, Yemen etc etc.
Can we for a second, step back and acknowledge who CAUSED the instability in those countries? Iran, off the top of my head, had a secular democratic government until the CIA orchestrated a coup.
Meanwhile, I certainly don't trust a country with nukes that has single handedly spearheaded a genocide that has resulted in the death of over 20 thousand children. Its literally a magnitude order more deaths per year than any other armed conflict. If you want to argue that religious zelots should not be trusted with nukes, I fully agree with you. but lets apply that logic to all countries. not just the ones that "ally" with us.
- yencabulator 1y agoDown that road is applying the logic to USA itself... so Americans fundamentally cannot peer into that abyss.
- _zagj 1y agoThe US and Russia up until recently were committed to nuclear disarmament. Reagan even pledged to work towards "a world free of nuclear weapons," a goal that many on both sides of the political spectrum shared. Bizarrely, now I see plenty of leftists (tankies specifically) not just resigned to a world beset by nuclear proliferation, but even enthusiastic about it.
- weatherlite 1y ago> step back and acknowledge who CAUSED the instability in those countries Even if what you're saying is true, which is a reach imo, that's still not really a good justification to be pro nuclear proliferation in the Middle East.