Duck and Cover

The Bush admininstration's "Complex 2030" plan is reviving the nuclear threat

While the United States demands that other countries end their nuclear programs, the Bush administration is busy planning a new generation of nuclear weapons. Nearly 20 years after the Berlin Wall crumbled, the United States is allocating more funding, on average, to nuclear weapons than during the Cold War. The Bush administration is pumping this money--more than $6 billion this year--into renovating the nuclear weapons complex and designing new nuclear ... Full Story »

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Paul de Villers
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by Paul de Villers - Oct. 1, 2008

In every nuclear capable country (UK, France, India, Pakistan, etc), the same story is repeated : the nuclear lobby is a very very powerful lobby, politicians are just too scared by the public reaction if they significantly reduce their support to those "scientists who defend the nation". In this international field, yes, the USA should lead the campaign for the complete eradication of WMD.

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