Ironic how the U.S.S.R. had enough nukes to basically exterminate all human life on earth, and the U.S. never executed a direct pre-emptive strike -- while today, the very rumor that a "rogue nation" might be 2-5 years from developing a SINGLE nuke is cause for invasion and occupation.

A cynic, like me, might declare that -- since the U.S. has never directly attacked a nation that possessed weapons of mass destruction -- it is almost evidentiary that if the U.S. DOES launch a pre-emptive attack, then that victim nation must NOT have a bomb when the attack takes place. After all, U.S. "negotiates" with nuclear rogue states ...