The specter of nuclear war draws closer
The Independent in London has an article that, if it doesn't scare you, then I'm not sure if I would consider you to be human: Nuclear war risk grows as states race to acquire bomb. This article is about the Prepartory Committee (PrepCom) of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), currently in its second of three meetings before the NPT convenes a Review Conference in 2005. Representatives from 187 nations are attenting the current meetings.

Due to recent actions by the United States and North Korea, the NPT is in jepardy. North Korea has defected from the NPT, and the US has lacked commitment to the treaty because we have threatened to use nuclear weapons in combat recently. More importantly, we have threatened to us nuclear weapons against nations that are not likewise armed with nukes. UN Security Council (not like we listen to them anymore) Resolution 924 bans the use of nuclear weapons against non-nuclear armed states, which was a proposition made in the NPT in 1978.

Let's hop on the train of logic here: if the US launches pre-emptive strikes against other nations, and then threatens to use nuclear weapons against its enemies, some of whom might not have nuclear weapons, then don't you think these nations wuld want to defend themselves? And furthermore, we know that Israel, a nation which will not sign the NPT or admit to having nukes, HAS nukes. Israel will NOT let UN weaons inspectors into their country (gee, didn't we goto WAR with Iraq over this?) But here's what the US representative said recently at the PrepCom meetings: "[Iran has] an alarming, clandestine programme [to get hold of nuclear technology]. Iran is going down the same path of denial and deception that handicapped international inspections in North Korea and Iraq."

News to fucko: if Israel has nukes and nobody is doing a thing about it, and the US has named Iran as part of the same "Axis of Evil" that Iraq and North Korea are part of, DON'T YOU THINK THAT'S A GOOD REASON FOR THEM TO WANT NUCLEAR WEAPONS?!@ Argh! God fucking damnit! Let's just blame Iran for everything! Nope, our foreign policy of pre-emptive strikes and letting Israel do whatever the fuck they want, let's just not think about that!

If Iran wants nuclear weapons, then it's our fault. Ditto for North Korea. If the US is serious about nuclear disarmament, then we would do the right thing and disarm first. But no, we never will. We would rather risk the future of the world then stand down from our tough guy posture and cowboy antics.