Although our blogs are usually firm on anti-intervention, that doesn't mean the
same as isolationist, and the Party of Commons is not isolationist, although we
may use that word positively at times in the colloquial sense. It's about time
that President Barack Obama took the lead in resolving the Middle East stand-off
between Israel and Iran by trying to get the United Nations to declare a nuclear
weapons free zone in the entire region. That means Israel would have to give up
their nukes (most objective experts in the nuclear weapons field say they
have scores of nuclear warheads), and both Israel and Iran, and any other
country in the Middle East that may be suspected of a nuclear weapons
program, would have to agree to any-and-all IAEA (International Atomic Energy
Agency) inspections to ensure compliance with the nuke-free zone. The
inspecitions, of course, should be comprehensive in every respect regarding
every nation involved. If Iran (presently without nukes) is assured that
the same stipulations for being free of nukes are also placed on Israel, they
would probably be compliant with an international push for a nuke-free zone in
the Middle East, and to the ensuing international inspection regime that would
be put in place for a new nuke-free zone. Of course, this could not work unless
all nations involved were cooperative, and thereby fairness in applying the
rules would have to be the rule.
The Middle East should just be the beginning for a worldwide nuke-free zone, however, in order to head off a war between Israel and Iran. The next push for nuclear dismantlement, perhaps correspondingly along with the Middle East, should be the other nuclear outliers besides Israel (in other words, the other 3 countries with nuclear weapons that are not signatories to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty or NPT): Pakistan, India and North Korea. The final push for dismantlement, of course, should be within the Big 5 nations (nuclear powers that are signatories to the NPT): the U.S., Russia, China, Britain and France. Not coincidentally, the same 5 nations that sit on the Permanent U.N. Security Council.
Sanity? The best course? Very definitely, yes. Pie in the sky? Alice in Wonderland? Unfortunately, probably. Will it come about, anyway? It has to or the world will be radically changed forever some ominous day, week or month. No matter how long Barack Obama is president, 4 years or 8, we're pretty much convinced that he will not push for nuclear dismantlement anywhere other than, perhaps, selected "rogue" countries despite his lofty words in the past about world dismantlement of nukes and an incredulous Nobel Peace Prize. After all, he has proven not to be serious about his statements on other significant, though less important, policy matters. This whole matter is all about power, not logic, after all. In other words, a great dilemma for the entire world. It will take another leader or leaders, and there don't seem to be any on the horizon.
[Originally posted on "Commoner" on 9/11/12 and later revised 9/12/12.]
Update: The name of this blog has changed to Titular Commons, today.
Copyright 2009 -2012, Party of Commons TM
The Middle East should just be the beginning for a worldwide nuke-free zone, however, in order to head off a war between Israel and Iran. The next push for nuclear dismantlement, perhaps correspondingly along with the Middle East, should be the other nuclear outliers besides Israel (in other words, the other 3 countries with nuclear weapons that are not signatories to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty or NPT): Pakistan, India and North Korea. The final push for dismantlement, of course, should be within the Big 5 nations (nuclear powers that are signatories to the NPT): the U.S., Russia, China, Britain and France. Not coincidentally, the same 5 nations that sit on the Permanent U.N. Security Council.
Sanity? The best course? Very definitely, yes. Pie in the sky? Alice in Wonderland? Unfortunately, probably. Will it come about, anyway? It has to or the world will be radically changed forever some ominous day, week or month. No matter how long Barack Obama is president, 4 years or 8, we're pretty much convinced that he will not push for nuclear dismantlement anywhere other than, perhaps, selected "rogue" countries despite his lofty words in the past about world dismantlement of nukes and an incredulous Nobel Peace Prize. After all, he has proven not to be serious about his statements on other significant, though less important, policy matters. This whole matter is all about power, not logic, after all. In other words, a great dilemma for the entire world. It will take another leader or leaders, and there don't seem to be any on the horizon.
[Originally posted on "Commoner" on 9/11/12 and later revised 9/12/12.]
Update: The name of this blog has changed to Titular Commons, today.
Copyright 2009 -2012, Party of Commons TM
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