transgirlnausicaa:

during the cuban missile crisis and through the rest of the cold war, the US arsenal of atomic bombs and atomic ICBMs dwarfed that of the USSR. at the end of the cold war, and in 2018, the US has an astronomically larger arsenal of atomic bombs and atomic ICBMs than the rest of the world combined. 

whenever people talk about nuclear disarmament, why is the focus not on the US? The US can engage in “mutual disarmament” treaties with every holder of nuclear weapons in the world and STILL be at an advantage. if every country in the world with nuclear weapons decided “ok lets all get rid of an equal amount of nuclear weapons to the US” then at the end, everyone could just have zero nuclear weapons except for the US which would still have a tremendous nuclear arsenal. 

perhaps, maybe, somehow, the one country in the history of the world that HAS ASSEMBLED A USABLE STOCKPILE of enough nukes to destroy the world 26 times over might actually be uh EVIL?! just a thought…