The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #161502   Message #3838974
Posted By: Jim Carroll
14-Feb-17 - 02:36 PM
Thread Name: BS: UK nuclear subs
Subject: RE: BS: UK nuclear subs
"So who bells the cat?"
Just like a trip back to the sixties (or listening to an argument by the gun-lobby).
Demands for Nuclear weapons to be brought under international control have been part of most of my life
Unless a nation is ruled by raving madmen they will never be used - in which case they are not a deterrent
Any future this planet has is dependent on international co-operation - the exact opposite of both Brexit and Trumpism.
The more nations build walls around themselves, the higher the risk.
One of the greatest international opportunities in my lifetime was thrown away when the Arab Spring was not supported.
Basically, all human beings just want to stay alive and have enough to live on - take steps to solve that and you start winning the hearts and minds of those who matter..
The problem of the fanatics does not enter into the equation - no nuclear weapons are going to deter them and nobody knows where to use them without wiping out swathes of mankind.
Any move to disarm is a risk, and always has been, but no greater one than putting a madman multi- billionair's reach of 'The Button' - that's 'James Bond' territory.
Go check the Doomsday Clock and see what time it is.
Jim Carroll