[Peace] In opposition to mutual self destruction, an alternative.

[karen aram]

Mort, I couldn’t agree more, with your analysis of the USG. 

I trust the authors intent. Yes, he worked for the USG, did two assignments in the USSR, was friends with Karlovsky, and other dissidents so he isn’t pro-Russia. He is a liberal Dem, but anti-war. My friendship with Ray dates back to the seventy’s, I found him on FB a couple years ago, after you posted one of his articles you liked, here on the Peace List. I don’t trust the people he communicates or worked with, but I trust his sincerity. 

The technicalities of his suggested solution are where I am weak, and wonder if his suggestion is worth promoting. I see it as similar to Med4all, an alternative to Universal Healthcare. Though I have little or no hope of obtaining either one under our system of capitalism, supporting and promoting alternative solutions, if nothing else, awakens the American people to the possibilities, if we had a government with the will to support the needs of the people rather than their corporate sponsors.

Thanks for your worthwhile analysis.


> On Jul 20, 2021, at 5:10 PM, Brussel, Morton K <brussel at illinois.edu> wrote:
> 
> The problem, as I see it, is a basic antagonism to the “other”. Maintaining and striving for hegemony. Not a multipolarity of counterbalancing nations.  I doubt that the protagonists truly seek “stability”. 
> The problem lies with militarism in general;  that sector does not favor a defensive strategy. They doubt it could ever be effective. 
> 
> My feeling is that it’s hopeless with the present lineup, in the USA especially.  We must be #1. Needed are revoluionary changes in governmental élites to affect current strategic thinking. 
> “We" would need real informed democracy in the nations involved, which do not currently exist (or have ever existed?). 
> 
> All this is aside from the fantastic, probably insuperable,  technical problems of realization of the system described. "Star Wars" were shot down for valid reasons. 
> 
> Sorry …. I suppose it’s worth while speculating. 
> 
>> On Jul 20, 2021, at 3:37 PM, karen aram <karenaram at hotmail.com <mailto:karenaram at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> The author is a longtime friend, and while I prefer “no more nukes,” he offers a possible alternative, that maybe a compromise worth exploring.
>> 
>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://warontherocks.com/2021/07/a-new-paradigm-mutually-assured-security/__;!!DZ3fjg!oqZLBsO4MLBS8oBKEuidkq0W_R63EhawyPUSVqCp5HWw01QXT5npdCag5e_oKJjuhQ$ <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://warontherocks.com/2021/07/a-new-paradigm-mutually-assured-security/__;!!DZ3fjg!oqZLBsO4MLBS8oBKEuidkq0W_R63EhawyPUSVqCp5HWw01QXT5npdCag5e_oKJjuhQ$>

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