U.S Nuclear Weapon Threat

While Bush and other leaders frown on Iran for its reported nuclear weapon planning, the U.S. would be well served by doing a self-examination on our own nuclear weapons.

A person may be misled to believe we don't have any nuclear weapons whenever the U.S. and the U.N complain or take action against other countries when they build their own nuclear weapon.

This would be a wrong assumption.

According to many reports, the U.S. has approximately 480 alone in Europe. We have more on our own soil. And, who has dropped the most nuclear bombs historically? Let's not forget Hiroshima.

So, should we begin by getting rid of our own weapons before criticizing other nations for having them? Aren’t we being hypocrites by requiring certain countries that they not build their own while we still have them? Don’t other nations have the same right we do? Apparently not.

We play God with the rest of the world by deeming certain nations as “rogue” and saying they can’t have weapons. Other nations are deemed as able to have them, such as Britain and the U.S.

Any argument that certain nations cannot have nuclear weapons is weakened when we ourselves have them. We should begin to practice what we preach and lead by example.

Personally, I am more afraid the U.S. would drop a nuclear bomb somewhere in the world than Iran. Our nation's history speaks to this threat. And we are more a threat to the world than we believe ourselves to be. We are like a human being shreaking at the sight of a spider: we are more afraid of the spider when the spider should be more afraid of us. Iran supposedly hasn't even made one bomb and we freak out -- yet we possess many.

In addition, Iran claims it is only using nuclear technology for power -- not bombs. How do we know for sure that they are even making a bomb? Should we rely on the same intelligence reports that caused us to invade Iraq, only to find out that -- oops, those reports were false?

The only way that we can be a nation with integrity is to lead by example and get rid of all our nuclear weapons in Europe and all at home.