"A few bullying powers have" put hurdles in the way by political and economic pressures," he said. "It is natural that [Iran]" will resist the bullying." Ahmadinejad cited the thousands of U.S. nuclear weapons. He said with the false premise of WMDs as reason for war, and the U.S. torturing prisoners at Abu Ghraib, the U.S. does not have the "moral" ground to block Iran or other nations from nuclear weapons. It is a case that Americans have difficulty understanding but must do to find common ground to reduce nuclear stockpiles worldwide.
It is time not just for an agreement with North Korea, but revision of the multi-nation NPT, and creation of a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) between the U.S. and Russia. President Trump campaigned in 2016 that the "biggest problem" in the world, is nuclear, and proliferation." He has a point. However, nuclear weapons are unlikely to be used during negotiating, or after if enough teeth for enforcement are in the treaties. Reduction of nuclear weapons must be more than an idle dream. The North Korea talks are a bold step and the right approach.
Robert Weiner was a Clinton and Bush White House spokesman, and spokesman for the House Government Operations Committee. Brad Star is senior policy analyst for Robert Weiner Associates and Solutions for Change. Ben Lasky is senior policy analyst and onsite coordinator at Robert Weiner Associates and Solutions for Change.
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