Nuclear Weapon States Need to Increase Moral Authority to Prevent a Global Nuclear Catastrophe

Rasa - It is now an established fact that the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China, Pakistan, India and Israel possess over 25,000 nuclear weapons.

News ID: 438082

Date: 05 June 2018 - 23:06

RNA - Some of these regimes continue to rely on nuclear weapons for their security, while others seek them to dominate their neighbours or gain and maintain great power status.

Practically speaking, the United States, Britain, France, and Russia won’t disarm and say the rest of the world should accept this reality. To substantiate, the self-appointed members of the UN Security Council have already voted against a motion at the UN General Assembly committee to launch negotiations on a treaty that would outlaw the production, stockpiling and use of nuclear weapons.

The non-binding resolution aimed to convene a conference to discuss a “legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination.” The resolution also pointed to the grave concern over the “catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons.” Sadly, the whole thing collapsed in the end.

The entire point of nuclear weapons is their massive, indiscriminate destructive power. They are not a defence but a tool for future aggression and preemptive action. Their use could kill hundreds of thousands of civilians directly, and their catastrophic environmental after-effects would harm many more all around the world for decades to come. These effects could never be morally acceptable, particularly as the basis of one’s national security strategy. They place humanity and most forms of life in jeopardy of annihilation.

According to Fars News Agancy, the problem with a UN resolution regarding denuclearization of the planet is that without support from all UN members, including the declared nuclear weapon states which possess the veto power at the Security Council, the UN cannot take practical action. Therefore, the declared nuclear weapon states need to take the lead in disarmament, as an example for the rest of the world. They must accept that their years as nuclear powers are now over and replenish their nuclear arsenal, knowing that were any other country to launch a military attack on them, the UN would step up to the task.

The declared nuclear weapon states need to increase their moral authority if we are going to prevent a global nuclear catastrophe from becoming a reality. This is particularly true for the United States, as the only country that has ever used nuclear weapons (in World War II) and as a country that has recently stated its willingness to use nuclear power to advance its regime change agenda in the Middle East and North Africa.

In closing, it is important to remember that nuclear weapons don't protect against other nuclear attacks, only anti-nuclear defenses do this. The idea of “nuclear deterrent” only means playing the Russian Roulertte, it only means raising the stakes. It means that nuclear assaults would never happen in odd numbers as any such attack is guaranteed a response doubling the human and environmental costs and hazards, ensuring that any such nuclear incident could start a trend that would leave nothing of the world in a matter of days. There is no longer a balance of power in the world. It only encourages the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction.

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