[Peace-discuss] nuclear threat reduction questioky

[Dlind49 at aol.com]

Ricky, Margaret, and all: Limiting nuclear proliferation is absolutely 
essential. But this is all about making $$$ and has nothing to do with ethics 
or peace. Those individuals who have access will sell, trade, or give away 
the knowledge for $$ and political gain or control. THEY DO NOT CARE! The 
U.S. has been and continues to be the greatest distributor of nuclear 
technology, components, and knowledge. We gave or sold Iraq, Israel. N.K., 
and others most their knowledge and equipment. The Soviets got theirs from us 
and the Brit's too! That includes weapon design, weapon operation, and 
weapons use.   Security at our weapons labs has been and remains extremely 
lax to say the least. Access to labs, super computers, test sites, and 
information is and has been too easy to achieve. Right now computers with 
critical information are missing as are documents. We even brought lots of 
foreign military officers and scientists to our labs to teach them all about 
design and use of weapons. While I was on the staff as DU project director, 
as a military officer, and then when I became Director of the Bradley Labs, 
as a civilian, we had too many foreign officers and scientists who went 
through the tactical nuc and technical nuc courses. I yelled and screamed 
trying to stop the hemorrhage to no avail! We also took too many U.S. 
citizens, military and civilians, through the courses who should have never 
have been given any access at all. Nuclear or any weapons proliferation is a 
massive problem and as long as $$ are involved nothing will change. But this 
goes for all weapons both conventional and non-conventional. Those of us who 
seek peace on earth and arms control use logic, ethics, morality, and peace 
on earth the support our efforts and justify our goals.  However, we are 
dealing with individuals in control who have no conscious and who do not care 
about peace!  I was reminded of that fact this week by one of the senior 
former LL scientists who cares and desires peace and real arms control.   
That is why we are frustrated and our efforts have failed. We need to work 
together to take knowledge to the people, citizens of the world, so they 
finally say "NO MORE!"

doug