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The US already has the responsibility to end Iran's nuclear program, which threatens the safety of US citizens and the world.

But if the US also helped start the program, I guess it is even "more" responsible, if that is even possible.

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In that case Hungary has the responsibility to end America's nuclear program, which threatens the safety of Hungarian citizens and the world. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martians_%28group%29

Not sure if you're just joking around, but nuclear weapons and material from Pakistan and Iran are likely to end up in the hands of terrorists sooner or later, either intentionally or unintentionally. The same is not the case for nuclear weapons controlled by France, US, UK, Germany, and Israel. So there is a huge difference.

Germany doesn't have nuclear weapons.

Germany possesses twenty B61 nuclear weapons in hardened shelters, ready for immediate loading onto Tornados.

Why would "nuclear weapons and material" from Pakistan and Iran "likely" end up in the hands of terrorists? What's so special about the other countries for which this is not the case?

The USA has 5 tonnes of weapons grade nuclear material missing or unaccounted for. Enough to produce at least 1000 nukes, apparently. http://npolicy.org/books/2014muf/Nuclear%20Weapons%20Materia...

That's a ridiculous argument. By that benchmark any country has a responsibility to stop any other country's nuclear program because it is a potential threat to the world.

I feel like you wanted to reductio ad absurdum with a conclusion I feel is not absurd... um. It is staggeringly dangerous for anyone to have the tools to end civilization, because sometimes we lose track of things, and unless you're a comic book villain, destroying all human life within a multi-mile radius is not a super useful tool in wartime or peacetime.

Sure, but then why not target countries like Pakistan or Israel, and then eventually remove the use of nukes by all countries across the globe?

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