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why did our newest ally, pakistan, need a nuclear weapon?
Because their much larger neighbor who they have fought 3 major wars with does.
Pakistan is hardly a new ally. Barring the idiocy pulled on them 2-3 decades ago which serioully harmed relations for no good reason they have been an ally of the USA since almost their creation.
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why did we stand by while israel built nuclear weapons but now pretend we have unilateral authority to designate which countries cannot have nuclear bombs?
Becasue its neighbors (many of who are still at war officially with Israel) have expressed an overt desire to not only destroy their naiton but extermnate their entire population.
The nuclear non-poliferation treat of 1968 was put forward by Ireland and first signed by Finland. Obviosuly a massive *unilateral* plot by the USA to force 189 nations to sign it....
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so, the pakis get nuclear weapons because india has them
isreal gets them because it fears its threatening Moslem neighbors ... so threatened it attacks their soverign state of syria without provocation
but iran can't develop them because we don't want to allow these weapons in the hands of people who can't control them
an interesting double standard. it's no wonder our standing in the ME is so low. if the non-proliferation treaty is such a sound pact, then why are we abbrogating it? ... ooops, india, pakistan and israel never signed the accord you have trotted out to defend your position. no doubt we have taken a stand against a nuclear-capable iran but how principled is it when we simultaneously wink at pakistan and israel developing weapon systems and side step the limits of the NPT to arm belgium, germany, italy, the netherlands and turkey. in short, our double standard is showing