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Disarm, but Carefully
Q: Reacting in part to recent missile tests by Iran and North Korea, President Obama and a unanimous UN Security Council last week endorsed a sweeping strategy to halt the spread of nuclear weapons and ultimately eliminate them. Is nuclear disarmament a religious issue? Is it a pro-life issue? Is support for nuclear disarmament a moral imperative? Should we pray for nuclear disarmament?
Of course we should work towards abolishing nuclear weapons as fast as we responsibly can. 'Responsibly' matters; i.e. we can't just throw them away and hope for the best; when you're deep in mud, you can't just get out clean in one step. There is a great deal of moral re-learning to do. But most of the world want nuclear weapons because they're afraid, and the country most of them are afraid of is the U.S. Most governments would like to spend all that silly money on education, medicine etc; let's encourage them to do so by scaling down our arsenals responsibly but as quickly as we can.
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Nicholas T. Wright
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September 28, 2009; 4:40 PM ET
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Posted by: themoderate | October 2, 2009 10:03 PM
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Hi friends
I agree that the disarmament of nukes should start with America; America should play lead in this connection.
Otherwise it won't work.
i love Jesus and Mary as mentioned in Quran.
Thanks
I am an Ahmadi peaceful Muslim
Posted by: paarsurrey | October 1, 2009 8:41 PM
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Yes, there are many countries who fear the US, but not our nuclear arms but our clearly superior conventional forces. Nuclear weaponry, by contrast, is the cheap way to nullify that advantage. The scaling back of conventional arms would be the dampener of fear of the US and lessen the need for nuclear weaponry.
Scaling back the offshore commitments of the US military would be a fine idea. Many societies that rely on us have the means to defend themselves, including the nations of Europe, S Korea and Japan. Pulling our forces out of those areas is a fine idea.
Posted by: edbyronadams | October 1, 2009 2:53 PM
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It seems that the nuclear arsenals of Russia and the United States have brought us to the point that War is no longer politics by other means. I am not sure it is a bad thing. The world can not stand too many more World War II level events before civilization collapses for a very long time. So be careful what you wish for.