RobertN wrote:
Antigone wrote:
Considering that Chavez is trying to get nuclear technology from Iran I would rather not buy the oil.
If Chavez goes nuclear, it will mean the US is less likely to invade, which is a good thing. I don't see why the US should have nuclear weapons and other countries not.
The reason the US has a right to protest about other countries having nuclear weapons is that most countries in the world have signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, promising not to develop nuclear weapons. Before the treaty came into being, the US, the UK, France, Russia and China already had nuclear weapons. Israel, India and Pakistan refused to sign the treaty. North Korea signed, but are now trying to withdraw.
I certainly don't want nutjob s**thole countries like Iran and North Korea having nuclear weapons.