[G.K Zhukov]

Originally Posted by JonnyBGood

I wasn't really referring to nuclear weapons or whatever. Personally I see nothing wrong with denying country x the right to have weapons when those who would have control over those weapons is democratically unaccountable for their actions. The point is we shouldn't judge what countries require help based on who supports helping and who doesn't but rather whether the country really needs help. The fact that we've all been hypocritical and supported x doing y doesn't mean we have to automatically condone all instances of y in future. Just admit we were wrong and we'll try not to let it happen again.

That argument is all fine and dandy. But then again, why are you not crying out over Pakistans nuclear weapons. It's not like General Mushraf is democraticly elected is he?
Hypocrisy isnt considered to be a great threat, you know.