text: why is it ok for usa to have nuclear weapons but nobody else? don't get me wrong i support this country but why can't we allow anyone else to have nuclear weapons? are we that paranoid? it's called fascism..... it was huge in europe in the 1940's.  personally, i think it's best that iran doesn't aquire nukes.....  some leaders will use them without thinking of the consequences.  ps.  there seems to be a lot of people on here who are under the illusion that most of the anti-us feeling from other countries is unwaranted. some of the hatred towards the us stems from us foreign policy and activites of the cia but most of it begins with resentment towards the corporations like coca-cola, mcdonalds and the large financial and mineral corporations. some countries are seriously affraid for their culture and their freedom.  they  have a very real concern about the "infection" of americanisation in their society.  that is the reason why so many countries want to arm themselves with nukes. in the middle east there is growing resentment and hatred towards the us. threats like " the use of military force has not been ruled out" do not help to calm countries like iran and syria and  do not lead them to beleive the us to be friendly.   if you combine these factors with zealous, hateful teachings that bear no relationship to the teachings of the qur'an being aggressively promoted by maniacs on a power trip. these feed off the fears of decent people and the change in them begins.   it's very easy for a lot of people to blame the us directly for their problems. a large ammount of problems in the third world are the fault of us corporations and government. it comes down to the individual to not accept or indulge in the things on offer from the us.  my point is that the us is becoming an empire and in doing so they are provoking very dangerous people. empires grow and consume other other organisations and societies. they deplete their resources, violate their people and their culture and turn the people in to slaves. would you want that done to your own country? how would it feel to have taliban troops walking down your street kicking in the doors, needlessly violating, torturing and killing the occupants (you, you neighbours, your children)? would that make you feel welcoming towards them or would you fight back? you would fight back becaause even the most peace loving among you would not be able to bear what you see.  realistically, people look for an answer in desperate times and that is most likely to involve religion - that is the same globally. any religion in the world promotes peace. so when people adhere to a faith and something american starts to interfere with their faith...porn, hollywood films, drugs, alcohol, western unmodest fashion etc. the psychological association is there that the us is evil, promoting all these obscene things to tempt people away from god and their faith. anybody in that situation would be hostile. add the fear of invasion and that's when terrorism begins. those people believe they have a very realistic reason to seek wmd's. the problem is that they get carried away with the whole idea that they are good and the us is evil. they then forget to question whether their own actions are right or wrong.   their countries are also run by politicians who are greedy liars just the same as all of our politicians are. they manipulate their people through the media as well. they promote the anti-us feeling to the people. before you know it there is a very clear and present danger to the american way of life and that has to be preserved which may involve aggressive military action against a whole group of countries and organisations that are hostile to the us....which, to apply a catchy name to group the whole lot together with out actually directly blaming any of them: we could call them something like the axis of evil for example.  see at this point  a whole load of false ideas have destroyed peoples ability to think rationally on all sides.   at this point your government seeks to eradicate any external threats and in fear of 