Why is the U.S. allowed to have nuclear capabilities?

[Vick]

Acting in the USA's best interest is the issue here

While I don't care how anyone in Iran or N.Korea gets their electricity I do care if they have the capabilities to build nuclear weapons

[NickPapageorgio]

Originally Posted by Vick

Acting in the USA's best interest is the issue here

While I don't care how anyone in Iran or N.Korea gets their electricity I do care if they have the capabilities to build nuclear weapons

How shitty is that though Vick? While I completely understand wanting to protect ourselves, I think the first step in doing so is trying to make friends with other countries. Not bullying them around and telling them that they are "not allowed" to use technology to help themselves crawl out of the stone age. How did that become our job anyway? I think that is one of the main reasons that there is so much anymosity towards the U.S. We take it upon ourselves to police the rest of the world when we can't even fix our own budget, unemployment ratio, homeless situation, violence rate...etc etc etc.