Hey America, Get Rid of Your Nukes Says Iran, President Obama
This is one of those head scratchy moments when two news stories have too much in common and in a very weird way.
On the one hand, Reuters and other news sources are reporting that Iran is calling for America to get rid of its nuclear weapons program.
“Iran criticized on Monday U.S. President Barack Obama for saying Tehran posed a threat with its nuclear program and urged Washington and other countries possessing atom weapons to dismantle their arsenals.”
“Our expectation from the U.S. and others is to take serious and practical measures toward nuclear disarmament and dismantling of weapons of mass destruction,” he said.”
And yet at the same time many news organizations such as Economist are reporting that Obama is pledging to rid America of its nuclear weapons program.
“AMERICA has the “moral responsibility” to lead a campaign to rid the world of all nuclear weapons, Barack Obama told a cheering crowd in Prague on Sunday April 5th. He offered the world a goal of eradicating nuclear weapons, although he admitted that it might not be achieved in his lifetime.”
“As a first step towards outlawing nuclear weapons, America should seek a new treaty that verifiably ended the production of fissile materials “intended for use in state nuclear weapons”. Existing non-proliferation agreements should be buttressed with beefed up inspections and “real and immediate consequences” for countries caught breaking the rules.”
“The president told the crowd that al-Qaeda wanted to obtain a nuclear bomb and described the prospect of nuclear-armed terrorists as the “most immediate and extreme threat to global security”. This hawkish talk did not impress his audience, who reacted with silence.”
These two stories inspire a “this-does-not compute” kind of feeling. Nothing against the people of Iran but does anyone in America think our president should be taking advice from Iranian officials?
Final thought – what a shocker that an audience in Prague didn’t clap the one time Obama mentioned something that indicated an actual interest in American national security.
