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Originally Posted by Joe Citizen
Why can't countries withdraw from international agreements? Why is it okay for the USA to have weapons of mass destruction for the purposes of defence but not other nations?
I see these nuclear non-proliferation agreements as one sided agreements that only serve the interests of the west. I don't blame them from withdrawing. The USA has shown itself to be a bloodthirsty aggressor and I understand their defesive posturing. Nations are sovereign entities. Why shouldn't they be entitled to utilize nuclear power or develop nuclear weapons as a deterrant to being attacked?
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I've never seen you use such an argument to defend the US, only to criticize it. You could very well use such a belief to defend US policy. Why in all the years of reading your posts have I not seen such a thing? If the US is a sovereign nation does it have a right to torture its political prisoners held on its own soil? Do you have any problem whatsoever with its refusal to not ratify the Kyoto protocol?
You criticize US policy on damned near everything. With a few years as evidence I don't think you've ever said "The US is a sovereign country. It can do what it wants". Let's see. Drug laws and enforcement, education, law-making, politics? When have you used this argument to defend the US?