Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Disarming North Korea's Nukes, And Ours Too

BOTH CHINA AND RUSSIS bleat that neither force nor more sanctions should be levered against North Korea to prevent its crazy government from trying to conquer the world, or destroy the United States, whichever, with long range intercontinental missiles and nuclear warheads. That's easy for them to say; the North Korean nukes aren't aimed at them. This begs the question: what, then? Hollow threats? Appeasement? . Foreign aid? If you Chinese and Russians think yo have some better, brilliant idea to rid North Korea of nukes, be my guest. What if the Dear Leader wants the United States to destroy North Korea, then rebuild it, like Japan and Germany after World War Two, and a few other countries since? Isn't there a very funny Broadway play/mmovie with that scenario? Ultimately, the whole world needs to get rid of nuclear weapons, not just North Korea. All nine or ten countries that currently have them, all the terrorist groups with nukes, and all the church quilting circles are going to have to cooperate in eliminating nuclear weapons from this earth. That is the white elephant in the room that everyone is ignoring. Its more than a North Korean problem. At some point, and I don't know when, but at some point in the foreseeable future the United States of America is going to have to declare its intention of becoming nuke free. Its going to have to pledge this in the form of a sacred promise, a new American value. The American government will of course have the option of imposing conditions on the rest of the world in exchange. Why must America do this? Because nothing else will work, that's why. If we think the world is a safer place by having one giant superpower controlling everything, and having nuclear bombs, you're crazy. Only a world without nuclear weapons will suffice, and it does not appear that extraterrestrials are going to appear and disarm us, no matter how much we may want them to. Its up to us, and North Korea is a good place to start, but its only the beginning.

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