Right... I'm not sure how that refutes anything I've said.
It doesn't refute it, however I believe firmly that Americans and the American government are not one in the same, as a country we are each individuals and as such we still need governance to whatever degree, so, we accept a tolerable level of government and don't necessarily agree with all of it's actions, as a government, yes, the USA has been arrogant at times, but as a country, I don't see how that is possible in the democratic republic setup.
In your opinion. They probably think we should not have weapons. So now what?
I don't play the equivalency game. Russia, China, England, France, the United States, and other such governments with multiple levels of authority have checks and balances to firing said weapons, Iran is basically a dictatorship, all it would take is a psychopath with delusions of grandeur to start a nuclear or biological war and then we all die if less controlled countries had these capabilities.
No one should have mass destruction capability. It's a bit late to start saying "Hey, we're America. I know we have nukes, but you can't. That may sound hypocritical, but we Americans trust ourselves and have decided that you should dismantle your weapons because we don't trust you. Thanks!" :roll:
That's the thing, countries with no control mechanisms don't have the checks, hypocritical or not, this is self preservation, if Kim Jong Il wants nukes that badly we can give him some, warhead end first.