Monday, November 17, 2008

On Nuclear War and Disarmament

Skene kai ta bios.” – Herodotus or “All the world is a stage.” – Bill Shakespeare

France tested two nuclear bombs in the South Pacific in either 1995 or 1996. The island that the French chose for the tests was beautiful and surrounded with emerald and blue water and soft, white sand. At the time, CNN broadcasted an aerial view of the nuclear tests. If the French are so beautiful, why did they destroy something that was beautiful?

Also, why did the French choose to pick a distant island and not perform the testing on their own land? As a child would say: “That was mean.” However, despite this violent ejaculation of national pride by French warmongers, “the French people are still beautiful.”

Bechtel Corporation built two nuclear reactors in China during the 1990s. A byproduct from nuclear reactors is nuclear-grade bomb fuel. China supplied medium-range nuclear warheads to Pakistan. Pakistan and India were on the brink of a nuclear war because of historical animosity i.e., – they don’t like each other very much. Pakistan has interests in the Middle East and Israel.

The U.S. has obvious interests in the Middle East in concert with Israel. The U.S. Pressler Amendment operated to prevent the delivery of F-16s to Pakistan; Pakistan had paid the U.S. for those fighter planes; and the U.S. did not return that money to Pakistan, undoubtedly, to prevent Pakistan from purchasing fighters from a different source.
However, I don’t know if Pakistan eventually received the planes (maybe that nation-state received those F-16s considering its support of the U.S.' current rebel problem in Afghanistan.)

If Pakistan’s Air Force surpassed the capability of India’s, there is a possibility that Pakistan could “win” a war with India. Then, there is Iran and North Korea. Geez! And, also Putin. Golly!

Yes, we are on the “precipice of insecurity.” If we don’t calm the situation down, we might as well be shooting ourselves in the feet, hands, eyes, nose, and heart. Now, do we get the picture?

If we dismantle the nuclear warheads, institute an international policy against the usage of nuclear reactors to meet energy needs, and figure out a clean way to get rid of the bomb-grade uranium, then we can clothe ourselves in real security.

Without an international commitment to peace and the global introduction of cleaner sources of energy that are currently available, there will always be nation-states that can bring regional instability to a level of international insecurity. All parties are at fault in this situation - the United States, Russia, China, France, India, Pakistan, Iran, and North Korea.

What happens in Pakistan and India affects what happens in the United States. What Bechtel Corporation has built to increase its bottom line in China affects regional instability in the Middle East and the entire world’s security. With Putin's simultaneous support of Israel's satellite capabilities and Iran's nuclear capacity, the situation worsens.

I only hope that we did not act in such a way so that, ultimately, we become our own victims. Let us pray for international peace, PLEASE.

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