Friday, March 16, 2007
Nuclear threat and the Cheney-Bush administrationThe Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has spiffed up their Web site recently so that it offers more than the articles from the print magazine. Even though the latter by themselves represent one of the best sources on American foreign policy issues, particularly related to nuclear arms.In the March/April 2007 issue, Joseph Cirincione of the Center for American Progess writes on the need for a Change of Course in nuclear nonproliferation policy: Former Democratic House Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas once said, “Any jackass can knock down a barn. It takes a carpenter to build one.” Bush administration officials have proven expert at knocking down security agreements their predecessors carefully constructed, but have created few replacements. They have left the national defense landscape a shambles.It's easy to get caught up in the various other important issues that arise, from the Iraq War to the economic problems of subprime housing lenders. But in terms of public policy, no issue is more important than controlling and reversing the nuclear arms race. Cirincione recommends to Presidential candidates to make eliminating loose nuclear materials a top priority and to frame it something like this: "Run on a platform to eliminate the nuclear terrorist threat by the end of your first term - it’s practical, cheap, and enormously popular." Tags: joseph cirincione, nonproliferation, nuclear nonproliferation | +Save/Share | | |
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