Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Nuclear Threat

Despite the fact that we should not read RT or any Russia generated Internet postings, this one has merit. RT notes:

By training its European allies to use their nuclear arms, the US is moving towards an atomic war with Russia, forgetting that it would mean the end of the human civilization, retired Lieutenant General Evgeny Buzhinsky told RT. The US military is preparing the armed forces of the European countries for the use of tactical nukes against Russia, Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, said on Wednesday. He added that the presence of American non-strategic nuclear weapons in Europe is a major stumbling block in the path of disarmament. “No one can say how serious the threat really is” from the US actions, Buzhinsky, the Chairman of the Executive Board of the PIR-Center, said. However, he pointed out that “the military people are getting ready. The Russian military is preparing and the American military does the same. And it’s for the politicians to warn the public that such preparations are being made.”
 
As we have noted in our review of the  Ellsberg book, any nuclear attack would be world ending. Furthermore control of nuclear weapons must be tight. No surprises. If we want to argue against any proliferation in a rogue state such as Iran or PDRK then we must hold the reins ever so close ourselves. The Russians have a point. With the distribution amongst NATO allies we potentially create a deadly threat. A world ending threat!