rssBill Perry On Eliminating Nuclear Weapons In An Obama Administration
Thursday, January 08, 2009 at 9:43 am
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Former Secretary of Defense Bill Perry, a Democratic national-security eminence certain to have the new administration’s ear, kicks off a panel on counter-nuclear proliferation that includes possible incoming State Dept. official Wendy Sherman.
Perry’s part of an effort, once considered taboo, where former State and Pentagon chiefs “pal around with nuclear abolitionists,” as he joshes. Without U.S. efforts to actively reduce its own nuclear arsenal, getting other countries to do so is a non-starter, he’s argued as a part of that effort, which is led by Henry Kissinger. “I really am a card-carrying Cold Warrior,” Perry says, and the “risks of a nuclear catastrophe was never academic to me.” But without the Cold War, “I believe we should begin to dismantle the deadly nuclear legacy of the Cold War.”
Proliferation — from Russia, North Korea, Iran and the freelance efforts of Pakistani scientist A.Q. Khan — is at “a tipping point” that will be “irreversible, and dangerous beyond the imagination of most people,” Perry says. The world has been “moving backwards” on nuclear proliferation, “and each year we have moved ever closer to a nuclear catastrophe.” That’s why it’s time to take what used to be considered drastic action to “move toward the elimination of nuclear weapons.” Not reduce, eliminate. “That will not happen until the American government takes a strong leadership position,” Perry says, and claims that Obama sees it that way based on campaign statement. Wants Obama to hector the world on nuclear abolition, and “deep cooperation” with Russia on “mitigating the danger of nuclear terrorism.” Says it’s time to work with the Senate on ratifying the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty “12 years after we signed it.” Bob Joseph and Eric Edelman, Bush administration officials on the panel, look uncomfortable and whisper something to each other.
Perry is worried about Iran, which is “moving inexorably toward becoming a nuclear power,” which is provocative to Israel. “President Obama will almost certainly face a serious crisis with Iran,” he says, most likely “in his first year in office.” It “can’t be solved unilaterally,” and it can’t be solved without the U.S. involved in negotations with Iran, something the Bush administration — like administrations going back to Jimmy Carter’s — rejected. It’s worth remembering that the National Intelligence Council no longer believes Iran has an active nuclear weapons program, though.
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Comment posted January 10, 2009 @ 9:45 pm
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A War Targeting Civilians & Children-Operation Cast Lead-A cruel play on words of a Hanukkah Children’s Song
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A Bernie Madoff-Wag the Dog War-Israeli Military Industrial Complex: a war to elect Arch-hawk Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas: Stop Now!
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Creating a Palestinian failed state will conflate to all middle east & Israel : Stop Now!
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Comment posted January 12, 2009 @ 7:49 pm
Dear Reader
Gen. David Petraeus, Dr.Bzrezinski, former defense Sec. Mr. William Perry has one thing in common. They are calling for economic improvement for the region. The US Government to be successful need economic Union for the region in parallel wit military forces to fight the terrorist organizations. Please read our program and the people’s region demand for economic improvement in the region.
Gen. David Petraeus is saying
“Achieving progress, needless to say, will take time,” Petraeus adds, requiring a “sustained” commitment. Progress in security needs to go hand-in-hand with development of infrastructure, the rule of law and governance capabilities, including the provision of credible elections. (All this is basic counterinsurgency stuff.) More Afghan security forces are necessary, but so are “greater civilian contributions” and greater international assistance.”
We are pleased at the “Jaff Sassani Organizations (SKDC)” if you can support the establishment of the AU or ATU. Your support does mean a lot for our organizations’. We appreciate your work with others regarding our proposed Eryan (Aryan or Iranian) Economic Union (AU) or with Turkish people (ATU). The problems are the Turks of Turkey; they are depending on the lobbyist in the Washington D.C. and EU to form the “Turkic Economic Union”. The Turks plan are going to eliminate 20-30 million Kurds; for them to make such a Union plus few hundred years of war in the region. We are going to listen to your advice; please fell free to send us message and emails.
Our goals are clear. We want peace and stable region. We are hoping that the USA, EU, Russian, India and Israel will hear our call for peaceful solutions instead of Turkey’s war plan and distractions’.
We really appreciate your support and hope for peace and prosperity for the Middle East and Asian’s people in the region.
Read more about our works and support for our plan in the
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In Favor of the AU or ATU Economic Union Plan by Jaff Sassani's “SKDC” – OpEdNews
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In Favor of the AU or ATU Economic Union Plan by Jaff Sassani's “SKDC”
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by Mullah Mohammad Afgahani Page 1 of 1 page(s) For the last one year I have been monitoring the activity of the Jaff Sassani organizations (SKDC) in Iran
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