Hell yes! Let’s attack Russia and China tomorrow. After all they have the largest stocks after us and theoretically they could attack us one day....I’d suggest you go back and read what the Framers had to say on the issue. Pre-emptively attacking other nations doesn’t even come close to falling under the concept of Just War Theory.
Time to get up to speed a bit friend. I am one to doubt that the Framers could every foresee the weapons we have now and the fact they they could easily fall into the hands of suicidal maniacs on a mission.
Remember that mutual assured destruction has worked for neigh on 50 years between us and other nations whose intrerest in self preservation superseds the desire for conquest. If that was not the case the USSR would have hit us in the late 70s when we were not at our best militarily.
Just war theory is all well and good when all things are equal and the is a desire on both sides to fight and the combatants on each side have equal desires to live. That is not the case now.
What you’re saying is little different than what lots of liberals say: the concept that things which may have once been true are suddenly obsolete because “everything’s different now” and “we can’t turn back the clock.” But conservatives are supposed to believe in eternal and universal truths and principles.