[Peace-discuss] From the Academy for the Passive & Obedient

[C. G. Estabrook]

Harvard professor and Project for the New American Century signatory Stephen 
Peter Rosen writes that while the United States promotes the elimination of 
nuclear weapons, Iran and North Korea have made the acquisition of nuclear 
weapons their high priority. Following the meme of equating North Korea and Iran 
as similar foreign policy challenges, Rosen argues the United States should not 
simply accept Iran or North Korea acquiring nuclear weapons but, instead, “If 
North Korea and Iran want nuclear weapons, and China does nothing to stop them, 
we can reintroduce tactical nuclear weapons onto American aircraft carriers and 
attack submarines in the Pacific.” Acknowledging the importance of working with 
allied nations, Rosen characterizes his call for increased U.S. military 
readiness as “an old-school response that doesn’t seek war, but that also 
doesn’t aspire to utopian goals.” [WSJ]