for nobody, and if you can't do that, then you have no moral grounds to stand on. I have the position that, if one country is allowed to have them, it gives them an advantage over another country.
Historically, the U.S. was the first country to open that Pandora's box and did not hesitate to use them or even used it to threaten other countries. They did not stop with Japan, but General MacArthur threatened to use them against the Chinese because of the Chinese numerical advantage on the battlefield. With that thought in mind, the Chinese and Russians proceeded to get nuclear weapons. North Korea asked for assistance for the same technology but China and Russia both refused.
If you go to the beginning of the whole matter, the question of obtaining nuclear weapons in regards to North Korea, did not begin in the 80s or 90s. They began to seek nuclear weapons when the United States voided portions of the negotiated truce after the Korean conflict. The paragraph the U.S. said they would not honer, was the right to introduce new weapons, including nuclear weapons into the Korean peninsula because they were the only country at the time had the technology.
That is when both China and Russia enhanced their own nuclear programs. Now that North Korea has obtained the same technology, all sides are crying foul. I find that to be hypocrisy at its height. If they can obtain nuclear weapons for their security, then why not North Korea or any other country for those purposes? I've come to the belief that is not the real reasons those countries don't want others to obtain the same technology. The real reasons are for an offensive advantage and not defensive, which amounts to false pretenses. The original environment involving the attitudes of the U.S. Congress and General MacArthur helped me to come to that conclusion. What matters is their mind frame and intent.
And if you consider other events, such as the U.S. and others, allowing their own allies to acquire such means, even further enhances this conclusion. A very good example is the state of Israel and the pressure being placed on the U.S. to release Jonathan Pollard. Israel has in turned shared technology with different countries, such as the apartheid government of South Africa at the time, and maybe such countries as India and Turkey. If the U.S. and her Allies truly want non proliferation on nuclear weapons, then they should be consistent across the Board, and not use the issue to gain a military advantage. Why would any leader of any country take them serious? If I was a commander on a battle field, my response would be Hell no!
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