Originally Posted by
Excargodog
Yep, and there will doubtless be more. It’s 80 year old technology at this point. But that certainly doesn’t mean rational people want EVERYONE to have nuclear weapons and intercontinental deliver capability. And I don’t recall anyone in that group spending the last 46 years chanting “Death to America.”
While mowing down relatives with antiaircraft guns for inattention at a meeting doesn’t strike me as particularly rational, even North Korea isn’t sponsoring international terrorism in multiple countries trying to spread their particular brand of irrationality. And yeah, if I thought that was going to change I’d be all about preempting them too.
But I’m still for doing what I can to keep the world a safe place for my kids, and teach them to do the same for my future grandchildren/great grandchildren/ad infinitum. It’s my culture.
I take Iran's 'Death to America' chants about as seriously as you take Trump's tweets. They've been doing it for 47 years. They're the nation equivalent of a Yorkshire Terrier that won't stop barking. No, I don't want them having a nuclear weapon either, but I also don't think they're stupid enough to use one as a first strike option.