Originally Posted by Shiva_TD

I am personally opposed to the proliferation of nuclear weapons in countries around the world. At the same time I can logically make the following statement.

It is the responsibility of the government of a nation to do whatever it needs to do to ensure the sovereignty of the nations. If faced with the possible attack or invasion by another country then the government is responsible for taking action to prevent that from happening or to defend the nation should it happen.

If Taiwan is threatened by a nuclear power, such as mainland China, then the government of Taiwan has an obligation to the People to defend against such an attack or invasion. Mainland China is a nuclear power so it is reasonable to say that in order to counteract a possible nuclear attack Taiwan would be justified in secretly developing a nuclear weapon to defend their sovereignty.

The same criteria applies to countries such as N. Korea and Iran. So long as they are being threatened by a nation with nuclear weapons their governments have a responsibility to the People to counteract the threat. The threat justifies development of nuclear weapons to counteract a nuclear weapon threat. We, the United States, did this during the Cold War with the USSR to the most extreme levels.

So, if we want to stop nuclear weapon proliferation then the first action is to stop nuclear weapons nations from threatening non-nuclear weapon countries. Its really that simple.