Brey, I lived through it - after the fall of the Berlin Wall there was an honest to goodness global demand to do away with the nukes. WE, America, said no. Because we had more of them than anyone else.
So, I dunno where we get off pretending someone else having nuclear power and the ability to make weapons is an unparalleled escalation and a threat to world peace. Seems like we're the biggest threat to world peace consistently - with I guess Putin running a distant 2nd.