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Written by Tom Chartier
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Thursday, 11 January 2007 02:19 |
by Tom Chartier
I think the fate not only of our own civilization, but I think the fate of world and the future of the human race, is involved in preventing a nuclear war."
“This notion that the United States is getting ready to attack Iran is simply ridiculous. Having said that, all options are on the table.”
-President George W. Bush, February 2005
Mankind invented the damned thing and has used it twice. Sooner or later mankind will use it again.
We all know what the damned thing is, The Bomb. Despite multifarious efforts to contain and control nuclear weapons through a variety of treaties, the promise of a mushroom cloud looms ominously on the horizon.
Must the 21st century be scorched by a nuclear war? I see little chance of stopping it.
In 1967, Secretary of State Robert S. McNamara said: “No sane citizen, political leader or nation wants thermonuclear war.” Do the U.S., Israel and Iran have sane political leaders?
To avoid “mutual assured destruction,” the world needs rational decisions of rational governments headed by rational leaders backed by rational citizens. |
