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So? Russia's a nuclear power too
Nuclear proliferation is scary on its own, but if America goes down that dark and dirty road you imagined, it's scarier still. We're Goliath, not David, lest anybody overlook that.
Russia hasn't managed to accidentally on purpose nuke anyone, yet. And everyone's darling, Iran will be a nuclear power in 20-30 months or so and many people are actually rather proud and happy about that. India and Pakistan are two not entirely rich not entirely stable countries and they have nukes too. No I think the looming specter of a less-than-exceptional nuclear armed USA is a little overblown. It takes a great deal of money to maintain that arsenal. Money which we might not have for very long.