- Isn't the US the one with the notorious history of selling weapons and giving training to terrorist factions? Why should they be trusted to have the weapons any more than North Korea?

While the United States isn't perfect, and has put its nose in where it doesn't belong numerous times, as well as arming in various ways questionable allies, you simply can't make a statement like you just made and have any credibility. When it comes to responsibility, North Korea and the United States aren't in the same universe.

For more than half a century the United States has been far and away the most powerful nation on Earth. Our restraint has been greater than that of any nation of comparable power in the history of our planet. We have done greater good than any nation of comparable power in the history of our planet, often expecting nothing in return. I'm not looking at the United States with rose colored glasses, I know we're flawed, but we're as close to perfection as this world has ever seen in a dominant world power.