[t0mas88]

There is a difference between Russian and American deterrent use of nuclear weapons and a North Korean and Iranian wish to have nuclear weapons as a tactical option. Using nuclear weapons as a threat in international interactions is far crazier than the Russian / American self defence stance.

Still in principle I think we should strive for nobody to have nuclear weapons, but given that that is far away the next best thing is to not let any new actor add nuclear weapons to their arsenal.

[dave4420]

Careful with that analogy. Russia has been talking about using nukes as part of their attempted conquest of Ukraine.

I agree with your general point though.

(I guess that’s another reason to not want more countries to get nukes: they might seem reasonable now, but they could be batshit insane by the time you start drawing your pension.)

[t0mas88]

You're right, and indeed that's another big reason to be against any more countries getting nuclear weapons.