Because America has a God-given Eminent Destiny, of course. God gifted America with supremacy in the world, and rights to its natural resources and cheap labour.
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Wed May 8 03:55:16 2002
Will somebody please explain why it is OK for America to possess *and use* nuclear, biological and other weapons, but nobody else may? Is the rest of the world somehow less trustworthy than America? Far be it from me to posit a conspiracy concerning oil and capitalist interests, to say nothing of spurious religious justifications, for America's position...