These men are realistic enough to acknowledge that there are lots of steps between the world today and the lofty goal of tomorrow -- such as tough-minded verification, everywhere around the world, to eliminate all existing nukes and to preclude building any nukes anywhere in that no-nukes world. Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins
It is without restraint that I must bash this article - indeed it is opinion and my rationale for bashing it - is the considerable length Adelman went to jump off the diving board of 'opinion' into the pool of 'propaganda.' He accomplished it by cherry picking history, for example - Citing the Kellogg-Briand Pact without context - that it still remains in effect in International law and it is laughable - since ultimately it outlaws war by permitting war against anyone that starts a war. It was a unifying document, not really a pact - since its origins were to quell hostility between the US and France. Mr. Adelmans point veers wildly throughout the piece and never goes on to make his point of an Obama dangerous fantasy - he ... More »
Weak opinion piece, and a part of the continuing anti-Iran propaganda put out by the Israel lobby. The author takes it as fact that Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons when there is no evidence the Iranian government even wishes to have them. The author's contempt for the efforts to control arms spending in the wake of the World War I catastrophe, is palpable.
Kissinger and Shultz are quite right to urge substanital reducitions or even outright elimination of nuclear weapons. In the Middle East, the focus should be on pressuring Israel to get rid of its nuclear weapons.
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