[Peace-discuss] Slash nuclear weapons?

[Brussel Morton K.]

Reducing the number of nuclear weapons by the two powers who hold by  
far the most is certainly moving in the right direction towards world  
nuclear disarmament. As the article implies, it may also put pressure  
on all other nuclear weapons states, including Israel. Iran at present  
has no nuclear weapons, but it may dissuade them to produce them. Of  
course, there would be a long road to go to achieve such ends, but it  
is worth a try.

Your statement makes little sense to me.

--mkb

On Feb 5, 2009, at 11:24 AM, E. Wayne Johnson wrote:

> Lead to what important development?  Attacking Iran when they don't  
> get the message or take the bait?
>
> Lipstick on a pig.  And interesting that the Obots are seeking a new  
> diversion at this time.  ZbigNEW that is.
>
>
>
>
> Brussel Morton K. wrote:
>>
>> This could lead to an important development…  --mkb
>>
>> February 04 2009
>> President Obama seeks Russia deal to slash nuclear weapons
>>
>> The radical new treaty would reduce the number of nuclear warheads  
>> to 1,000 each
>>
>> By Tim Reid
>>
>> President Obama will convene the most ambitious arms reduction  
>> talks with Russia for a generation, aiming to slash each country’s  
>> stockpile of nuclear weapons by 80 per cent.
>>
>> The radical treaty would cut the number of nuclear warheads to  
>> 1,000 each, The Times has learnt. Key to the initiative is a review  
>> of the Bush Administration’s plan for a US missile defence shield  
>> in Eastern Europe, a project fiercely opposed by Moscow.
>>
>> Mr Obama is to establish a non-proliferation office at the White  
>> House to oversee the talks, expected to be headed by Gary Samore, a  
>> non-proliferation negotiator in the Clinton Administration. The  
>> talks will be driven by Hillary Clinton’s State Department.
>>
>> No final decision on the defence shield has been taken by Mr Obama.  
>> Yet merely delaying the placement of US missiles in Poland and a  
>> radar station in the Czech Republic — which if deployed would cost  
>> the US $4 billion annually — removes what has been a major  
>> impediment to Russian co-operation on arms reduction.
>>
>> Any agreement would put pressure on Britain, which has 160 nuclear  
>> warheads, and other nuclear powers to reduce their stockpiles.
>>
>> Mr Obama has pledged to put nuclear weapons reduction at the heart  
>> of his presidency and his first move will be to reopen talks with  
>> Moscow to replace the 1991 US-Soviet Strategic Arms Reduction  
>> Treaty (Start), which expires in December. Under that pact, the two  
>> countries have cut their respective stockpiles from roughly 10,000  
>> to 5,000.
>>
>> “We are going to re-engage Russia in a more traditional, legally  
>> binding arms reduction process,” an official from the  
>> Administration said. “We are prepared to engage in a broader  
>> dialogue with the Russians over issues of concern to them. Nobody  
>> would be surprised if the number reduced to the 1,000 mark for the  
>> post-Start treaty.”
>>
>> Efforts to revive the Start talks were fitful under Mr Bush and  
>> complicated by his insistence on building a missile defence shield.  
>> “If Obama proceeds down this route, this will be a major  
>> departure,” one Republican said. “But there will be trouble in  
>> Congress.”
>>
>> The plan is also complicated by the nuclear ambitions of Iran,  
>> which launched its first satellite into space yesterday, and North  
>> Korea, which is preparing to test a long-range ballistic missile  
>> capable of striking the US.
>>
>> Mr Obama views the reduction of arms by the US and Russia as  
>> critical to efforts to persuade countries such as Iran not to  
>> develop the Bomb.
>>
>> Source: The Times of London
>>
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