tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post5708777750880349198..comments2023-08-14T16:35:49.756+01:00Comments on Cruella-blog: Makes Me Want To Nuke!Cruellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03446805038957924958noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post-91320342491284514312007-12-08T16:30:00.000+00:002007-12-08T16:30:00.000+00:00Since the end of the Cold War, the US has been nee...Since the end of the Cold War, the US has been needlessly provoking Russia and China by putting military bases all over Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Republics, by promoting a missile defense system (which would never work and even if it did how hard would it be to put a nuke in a shipping container?), and with massive naval exercises off the Chinese coast. How would we expect Russia and China to react to that? "Okay, Mr. Bush, you win, we'll do what you want." How would we react if Russia built a massive military base in Mexico or if Chinese battleships paraded off the coast of California?<BR/><BR/>A world without nuclear weapons is a must and an ideal, but in the short-term, I think we should focus on (1) nuclear countries agreeing to mutually vastly reduce their number of nuclear weapons - far fewer nukes would mean much less chance of an accidental launch or a nuke being stolen by terrorists, (2) have the US and Russia agree to neutrality in Eastern Europe, rather than reigniting Cold War tensions, and (3) recognize that the regular non-nuclear arms trade fuels conflicts around the world, and shut a lot of it down.Icemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13238036172563138410noreply@blogger.com