Liberals have always sought to reduce the lead the U.S. had over less capable nuclear equipped adversaries.
Remember the "mutually assured destruction" mantra the liberals pontificated in the 70s, I believe? This treatise proclaimed that the world was a much safer place when the U.S. was faced by a equal but opposite array of nuclear weapons. Somehow the liberals believed that our enemies slept easier if they had megaweapons aimed at the U.S. but would never use them.
So it is not suprising that the Clintonistas let the WMDs proliferate with a wink and a handshake. Besides the CinC had more pleasant activities to attend to.
But remember during the Clinton administration, no nuclear missiles are any longer aimed at the children of the United States.
He did it for the children! LOL!