Politic as the Art of the Possible

Politics is the art of the possible. February 1, 2010 by Gunnar Westberg According to a young article in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) by Vice President Joe Biden, President Obama intends to increase the funding for the atomic Weapons Laboratories by approximately 5 billion dollars over the coterminous five years. The laboratories shall work on means to prolong the busy life span of the nuclear charges. This project is technically and militarily meaningless. In the article in WSJ there are quotes from the JASON cover up to the government, written by prominent physicists and weapon experts. The report confirms that nuclear weapons have shown no sign of deteriorating reliability. They will function as intended. And they are and remain secure: They will not break loose unintentionally. Of course, it is of little importance if the reliability decreases from 99% to 90% or less. That would not decrease their effects as deterrent. Do we cut the reliability of the Russian strategic nuclear weapons? Certainly not, moreover that does not decrease their capacity to threaten. The reliability of the missiles and of the systems for intelligence, control and look out on is much more important.

William Perry who was Secretary for Defense to President Clinton took fragmentize in a commission which recently advocated a vast increase in the support for the Nuclear Weapons Laboratories. The same scene was expressed in a paper in WSJ by The four apostles Shultz, Kissinger, Nunn and Perry a couple of weeks ago. They argued that as long as the USA has nuclear weapons these must be reliable. It seems these four statesmen direct place the vision for a world without weapons into a deep hazy future. In an interview with Mr. Kissinger in the French paper Le Figaro last November he says that, of course, a nuclear weapons gratuitous world is generations away. Yes, it is, if we want it so. Then maybe the nukes will eradicate us, while we discuss how fast we shall abolish them. I do not... If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay

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