Nuclear weapons
In a Reuters report titled Iran Boasts of Victory Over the US on Nuclear Case (December 1), US President George W. Bush is said to have declared: "The Iranians agreed to suspend but not terminate their nuclear programme. Our position is that they ought...
In a Reuters report titled Iran Boasts of Victory Over the US on Nuclear Case (December 1), US President George W. Bush is said to have declared: "The Iranians agreed to suspend but not terminate their nuclear programme. Our position is that they ought to terminate their nuclear programme".
But what is really the position of the United States on the question of nuclear weapons?
As is well known the US was a very active promoter of the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty of 1970 and the Bush administration's recent nuclear weapons programme proposals are open violations of article 6 of the treaty which "requires that the original five nuclear states pursue effective disarmament measures".
However, it is believed that the US is reportedly planning to develop so-called "usable" nuclear weapons, that is to say, "mini-nukes" or "low-yield nuclear weapons".
What is indeed dumbfounding is that in a 1995 statement to the International Court of Justice the United States defended the use of nuclear weapons.