Obama's world without nuclear weapons?

[o0lee111]

i have to say getting rid of all the nukes is a bad thing because i think the only reason alien ant come becasue we have them and there waitting till get rid of them all to attack us

[sandstorm18286]

Israel already have nukes so iran's gonna have some...US can suck on that..

[Jollygoodas]

USA has more nuclear weapons then any other country in the world. They also have been involved in more wars then most other nations. They call it "war against terror", but they trained the Al Quida during the Desert storm to join them against Russia. Terrorists take sides against America, because America takes sides. America must lead "world peace" by example.

[13holywarriors]

we like a world without a single nuclear weapon, no one should have the right to have one including usa, everyone should destroy their nuk weapons at all, usa wants to keep their nuk and their freinds but its not fair, if they wants to keep the nuk then why not the rest of the world????????????/

[davdi0032]

USA has 10.000 atomic weapons, and attack all people,

all our problems comes from USA,

so who is terror ?

[geterdonein01]

@davdi0032 That's right, so don't fuck with us.

[davdi0032]

fuck USA

[howwie11]

Our enemies will sign false treaties, and we will eventually be under the threat of a nuclear attack, and we will have nothing to defend ourselves with. Nukes are not good, but they are neccassary.  Maybe if all our soldiers put down their rifles, the islamic terrorists will stop shooting too....I don't think so. The world dosn't llike us and will pounce on this weakness.

[howwie11]

dont do it obama

[DixieDan3]

From Chris Aable's facebook:

"The following is one of the few things I agreed with Ronald Reagan about, because no matter who "wins" a Nuclear War-We all lose...."A nuclear war can never be won, and should never be fought..My dream...a world free of nuclear weapons. Some of my advisors said the dream was unattainable. Since I knew it would be a difficult task, I had a 2nd dream: to change from a policy of assured destruction to one of assured survival." - Ronald Reagan

[kieranshortt84]

Yet obama is going to increase spending on americas nuclear program,The guy is a fraud.

And considering america is the only country in history to use nuclear weapons,Perhaps they should get rid of theirs first.

He knows damn well this will never happen yet he goes around talking about it,The man is a fraud.But having said that he is better than any of the other idiots that ran for office in america.

[jers59]

@kieranshortt84 this scumbag obama will lose control of congress in november and his socialist leftist dreams will never pass.

[jers59]

@kieranshortt84 iran wants nukes lets give it to them

[indridcoldx]

"And considering america is the only country in history to use nuclear weapons,Perhaps they should get rid of theirs first."

Japan deserved it.

"He knows damn well this will never happen yet he goes around talking about it,The man is a fraud."

By that logic every American leader would be a fraud. Nearly every president has talked about things that would never happen.

[troma333]

what about laser guns. i always see laser guns in movies and games. I want a laser gun!

[Unklebillybob]

oblama's speech, is a perfect example of why this man has no business being President of the United States.

oblama, you are a dumb ass.  Resign!

[cpisretartedmuch]

i think we should get rid of those nuclear warheads by using them for 4th of july fireworks

[alexandermcisaac]

every country with nukes should give it to CANADA than canada will be the ultamate peace country and if a country wanted to start a war canada would be like " no no no no u start a war will blow u out of the water", the best mother nation to keep all the childesh nations inline AHAHAHAHHAHHA TEXT IF U LIKE THIS IDEA LOL

[cpisretartedmuch]

no retard

give all the nuclear weapons to me

cause i can use em

[alexandermcisaac]

so you can use em on yourself i would like that lol

[cpisretartedmuch]

no im gonna use them for 4th of july fireworks

idiot

[alexandermcisaac]

calling me a idiot your the one using nucular diviese as fire works ........... no your not going to blow yourself up asswhore .

[cpisretartedmuch]

no im not idiot

im gonna blow em up 6-60 miles above detroit

ill use 50 megaton nuclear warheads

[RackJacket]

NO!

NO YOU DONT

Give All The Nukes To ME

I will then find a productive use for them, But ill probally need some help moving em about and all, So you can help me!

[DWSimmy]

We're not really much of a peacekeeping nation anymore. Our role in Afghanistan has killed that image.

[alexandermcisaac]

agreed nukes are like a stale mate one country dosent have more nukes than there foe and vise versa but tip the balance and the one with the most nukes win.......

[beatleman1991]

yeah surgey-cuz dumbasses like you dont support our troops and degrade them everyday.

[strikerxtra]

obama is a dumbass...if you get rid of nuclear weapons, what do you use if/when rogue nations like iran use them against other countries. all it does is make extremist nations and other coutries get bolder against nations such as the united states...also the whole concept of M.A.D. (mutually assured destruction) goes out the window and attacks probably will increase against nations.

[armedforlife]

Where are the weapons that disappeared with the cold war? That is the million dollar question!

[Sergeyspb2009]

The American army can not be number one, as the American army is unfit to combat against superior forces. The American navy is number one, but army haven't for this purpose of traditions.

[brownnoice]

There may be a time where any high school kid could build a WMD.

[spiritsA]

It's somewhat of a complicated issue. Of course United States want to ban Nukes. If no nukes are around then the United States then gets to be number 1 in military power. Other countries want security from the United States, so why should they "corporate"?

[Katnos]

Obama is all talk.. CHANGE.. my ASS please.

[HCB9999]

Great journalist work, as always.

[OnlyJahJahKnows]

these foolish racist comments are from either 1.you are that ignorant or 2. you are a pawn of the US gov't's plan to militarize the planet, black and white means so little compared to the small elite planning to kill us all, trying to start petty race wars is a diversion from unifying us against the real enemy, loss of liberty.

[bboucharde]

OnlyJahJahKnows,

Yes. 100% correct. Racist comments like the one from KoonvilleUSA are so ridiculous & offensive that I sometimes wonder if the people who post them are government agents, trying to stir up racial tension. The super-rich, arrogant, elite manipulators who control the USA have many ways to shape public attitudes. Even if Koonville is not a government plant, his (or her) rhetoric falls right in with the Hegelian program to divide us. Most folks know that we have to unite & fight!

[Bugstomper2]

@abz3751678: Fuck you too!

[abz3751678]

go fuck a zionist black trash obama

[killergames187]

100% bull shit!!Obama is all talk and that is all he can do!!!

[d0rn25]

Ok.

Obama, how about you start first. Disarm all of your nukes to show "good faith". Yeah, didn't think so. Or is he planning to keep his nukes til the last country disarms?

Global Dominance anyone? I'll believe it when I see it. Never gonna happen.

[MumblingMythos]

Even if we don't completely get rid of nuclear weapons let's at least bring it to the point where no single nation has the power to destroy humanity. That's a reasonable goal, isn't it?

[camb702]

Obama wants a world without nuclear POWER. The aim - to prevent developing nations from investing in higher orders of physical capital investment.

This has nothing to do with weapons.

[mcgrawtim123]

"A world without nuclear weapons." rhetoric....

until someone sets them all off...then we will have a world without nuclear weapons...or people I reckon.

[Marco81MX]

heh yeah... the day is see the US seting off all of their ICBMs will be the day i will see pink elephants and fairies flying all around me.... wait.... deja vu... ok, time to quit drinking....

[mcgrawtim123]

thanks , that was funny.

[sunshineflag]

US not one nation likely

[spiritsA]

I like this speaker.  Great recruit Paul.

[Neweddy24]

What God awful, meaningless, horse shit. I am soooooooo let down.

[zoticus1]

I will tell you what it is,

Its a primer for a continuation of empire expansion and consolidation.I hate the word terrorist because the people calling others such are themselves usually the worst!

Watch the hand and the mouths move different...

[greenhell666]

I can't stand all those sheeps applaudng lies ...

Obama is stuttering just like Bush, is disgusting.

fight ignorance.

[kovo88]

wtv obama just said aint gonna happen

so USA gonna give up their nukes?

Dont think so.

Its too late to get to a world without nukes.

[mavenmaxim]

Iran has every right to arm themselves with nuclear weapons. If Iraq had nuclear weapons Sadam would still be in control if he wasnt assassinated first, and we would have not invaded and killed a million people in the name of false WMD's. If Palestine had nuclear weapons Israel would never massacare innocent Palestine civilians. I see a patteren here, it seems the more nuclear weapons a country has the more likely they are to invade countries without nuclear weapons.

[bboucharde]

Obama has admirable intentions but is an idealistic intellectual university professor. In fact, most countries who possess nuclear weapons will never give them up. And, many countries desire nuclear weapons as an insurance policy to prevent invasion by the US and other major powers. Can you imagine Israel reducing its arsenal of roughly 400 nuclear weapons? How about France, with all of its national pride? What about China, with its new-found super-state status? Nukes bring security & prestige.

[KlaxonCow]

I believe you're essentially right.

But it is worth noting that one nation - South Africa - developed nuclear weapons and then gave them all up (and this did not trigger any nation to immediately attack them).

This is idealistic and unrealistic for all the reasons you've stated - but even such unlikely things have been known to happen in this world, when there was the universal will to do them.

[bboucharde]

KlaxonCow,

I hope you are right, but if I were going to raise a family (children & grandchildren), I would locate my home & business away from obvious coastal target cities like Seattle, Tacoma, San Diego, LA, SF-Oakland-San Jose. Sometime in this century, these cities are probably going to get hammered by SLBMs---no effective defense, especially against MIRVs. ---Of course, there are MANY other good reasons to not live in Los Angeles, as thousands of middle class refugees can tell you.

[pedroquintero]

Real great post, good point.

[bboucharde]

pedroquintero,

Thanks. It is too late to get rid of nukes, but we can control them. However, the notion of trying to stop Iran from developing them is loaded with hypocrisy, as people in the third world notice. And, can anyone imagine Ahmedinejad attacking Israel with a couple of nukes? The IDF would hammer Persia back to the Neolithic age. Only insects and grass would live there for a long time. The French helped Israel build a large nuke arsenal that the West pretends doesn't exist.

BB

[mako7828]

@bboucharde Isreal having 400 nuclear weapons shows just how stoopid they really are, seriously think about that, 400 nucleaer weapons, each one has the capability of devestating a 100 mile Radius. Any Idiot that even thinks this is logical should be sterilized.

[bboucharde]

@mako7828 Nuclear weapons are very destructive, but the typical 15 to 20 kiloton fission warhead (which probably comprises most or all of Israel's arsenal) does not produce a 100-mile radius of destruction. You can look this up in many technical publications and websites.

[mako7828]

@bboucharde nuclear warhead 20 years ago has the power of 15 bombs over Hiroshima.

Feel free to google it. You may also want to undersatnd the lasting effects of that blast which is a good reason why there are so many thyroid problems in certain area's of the united states.

good day.

[mako7828]

@bboucharde And here we go 900 Rem

Distance: 90 miles

A lethal dose of radiation. Death occurs from two to fourteen days

300 Rem

Distance: 160 miles

Causes extensive internal damage, including harm to nerve cells and the cells that line the digestive tract, and results in a loss of white blood cells. Temporary hair loss is another result.

Source NTA, good day.

[bboucharde]

@mako7828 I have an engineering background and have studied the effects of nuclear weapons for about 30 years. I appreciate your information and your good intentions, but some of your descriptions and conclusions are not clear, and some are technically incorrect. The main point here is that the general public tends to overstate the effects of fission warheads in the sizes that are normally deployed by most nuclear weapons states. There are many variables that must be considered. See page 2.

[bboucharde]

@mako7828 Page 2: To determine the effect of the detonation of a 15 KT fission weapon at a particular target, one must know: the weather, the terrain, the predominant structural composition of the target, and the burst height of the warhead. For example, an air burst at 6,000 feet of altitude will produce very little radioactive fallout. Fission weapons will likely be used this century, and people who understand the physics & who prepare will likely survive. END OF MY COMMENTS & DISCUSSION.

[mako7828]

@bboucharde Do you even know what fallout is? BTW, a EMP is basically a nuke detonated at altitude, they stopped doing those tests because of surprise, fallout. The information I posted was from the US government, your degree means nothing, especially considering how many different types of Engineering degree's there are, lol funny you tried that one though.

[bboucharde]

@mako7828 Thanks for your response, but I have evaluated your tone, language, logic, & ignorance, & my workload will not permit a discussion with you. You have an emotional & interpersonal agenda, & you are not technically trained. My background includes work on military installations, & I will not go into any detail in YouTube with you. You need to spend a lot of time in the library, & learn physics & weapons before you post here. This is my last response to you. Stop wasting your time, kid.

[mako7828]

@bboucharde Dude I attended a top ten college, have been in project design for over 20 years however, it has zero to do with the facts which I presented from a government website that completely countered your argument because to be short, you are a typical know it all, that tries to cover up your actual knowledge with articulate speach, it didnt work, your still a dumb fuck

[jakeisurpimp]

@mako7828 Hey dickhead, NK shot artillery at yeonpyeong and killed 4 people and destroyed 60 residences, whether they meant to kill marines or not they shot at undesignated coordinates in the middle of the island and just hit whatever was in range. NK is completely unpredictable and hostile towards the west and even China. China hates NK, we hate NK, EVERYONE hates NK. Why are you sticking up for them? THEY ARE WAR HUNGRY PIGS. The N korean army has attempted to sneak under the DMZ FOUR TIMES.

[mako7828]

@jakeisurpimp four people where killed, two were marines in a supposed civilian target. Woudl you like me to post up how many civilians were killed by allies during the kosovo or our latest wars?

Im not sticking up for north Korea, however it is none of our fucking business what north korea does. Lets be real, nearly a half million people were slaughtered in Rwanda and the world never cared, but four suddenly matter?

[jakeisurpimp]

@mako7828 Rwanda doesn't have the capability to start nuclear warfare, but yeah I agree, bigger slaughters should've drawn in more attention. By the way, NK is our business, SK are our allies and had artillery shot at them. Let me guess, you're an American citizen and you still bitch about our country relentlessly. NK isn't as awesome as you think. The average North Korean child weighs up to 7 pounds less than a SK child, boys are forced into the military and forced to cut all family ties.

[mako7828]

@jakeisurpimp SK our Ally? how so? what exactly does SK do for the united states?

Do you believe in the constitution? what does it say about standing armies and war?

Again, I could care less about NK, having back packed a fair amount of the world I have stepped over starving children in our supposed Allied countries. Reality is a bitch, NK is a non issue, feel free to do a search for Military industrial complex speach by Eisenhower :)

[jakeisurpimp]

@mako7828 SK is a massive source of export and import to the U.S. Besides money, they also follow a western government system and they helped us in both Iraq and Afghanistan. NK is an issue, considering they hate the west and love Nukes. By the way your "starving children" bullshit argument is what i just mentioned and you failed to acknowledge. The average NK child is 7 pounds lighter than a SK child. Read up.

[mako7828]

@jakeisurpimp again, nothing you have stated has countered a single thing I have said, Propoganda is a powerful thing, and you have swallowed the hook very deep, rather than reading up, I suggest you travel and find out for yourself. But that would require you to leave your safety net, and we both know that aint gonna happen ;)

[jakeisurpimp]

@mako7828 Fuck propognda, i believe it when i see it. The iraq war? bullshit. NK being a beligerent country? true. You, you fucking idiot, have countered nothing I said. Once again, NK has tried to launch a counterfeiting operation against the US, they have snuck under the DMZ on the border 4+ times, and children are malnourished.

[mako7828]

@jakeisurpimp So NK has troops in how many countries?€

[BbdHome]

this is in...

[Funnhaus]

At least he has a dream - though we know what americans tend to do with those who dare to dream

[Lightchannel]

Obama a liar as Bosh DOG

[bbnemesis123]

Obama is a complete unrealistic idiot. Plutonium and Uranium last for 1000s of years. You can't just throw nuclear arms away, and it is gone. Dismantling nuclear arms is NOT getting rid of them. The technology of nuclear weapons will never be lost and forgotten. Obama is just spewing BS out of his mouth, so countries will pressure Iran's nuclear development. Pressuring Iran is NOT in the interest of the U.S but for Israel.

[veryfuck]

hey Obama i have an idea!!!

lets start with disarming yourself!!

in the netherlands whe have a nice saying;

a better world begins with yourself.

[Lance880]

@veryfuck stfu

[mako7828]

@veryfuck The united states Miliary is the worlds largest mechanical Military with hundreds more ships than the next country alone, the Military expendature of the United states is 100 times the entire world combined. Between Russia and the United States there are enough nucleaer weapons to equal 600000 hiorshima's, that is a huge little dick dumb fuck syndrom to make that many.

[ottomadicly]

Plutonium is 'Forever'.

[RoyalDemonforChrist]

negro please

[Anderasio]

So, Mr. Obama, have you discovered a tool to erase the entire worlds knowledge of nuclear weapons? You do know it's freely available on the internet?

[RainMan34]

Jesus, look at all those people.

[MrMP81]

This is a good concept but it wont happen, not anytime soon. If the U.S. keeps it's " Interventionist foreign policy " , I really don't see how anyone, even it's allies, would want to abide by this.

[bbburton]

This is exactly what the NWO is planning on. The real power in the world will be held by those who wield the greatest military power in the world. Why on earth would any country exercising it's right to self protection give up it's nuclear weapons or its attempt to have them? Simply saying that the US will reduce but not eliminate those weapons is not very reassuring to those countries the nuclear powers are intent on invading.

[99Maic]

Please keep you're crazy fucking conspiracy theories to yourself. Not everyone here is a paranoid schizophrenic.

[bbburton]

It must be awfully distracting for you with all that wind blowing freely through that enormous hole in you head. Now, put that penis back in your mouth, I wouldn't want you to be distracted from your chosen profession.

[bigtex501]

StaubDumm

Oh, just messin' with ya on the grammar!

Wow, US is a terrorist country? Man, if you truly believe that, I'd suggest you move somewhere else!

And I guess I missed the news about the USA attacking muslim extremists that validated their attack on us. How dare those people in NY attack the muslim extremists!

I guess they had it coming!

[mrt0310]

The US is a great sponsor of state terrorism. Authoritarian and totalitarian regimes that the U.S. has propped up include S. Korea until 1994, Indonesia till '98, pre '79 Iran, The Philippines, Ecuador, Panama, El Salvador, hell they even dabbled in Cambodia. U.S. diplomats and government officials knew about and gave 'permission' to many massacres in the name of 'stopping communism'. But you don't know about any of these do you? You just live in a simplified goodies vs baddies bubble you child.

[mako7828]

@mrt0310 Exactly, this is why the founding fathers did not want us sticking our nose into other countries afairs and wanted a very minimal standing army at best.

[tommyredrum]

obama is a monkey ina suit

[langbay2005]

your racism isn't helping.

[Ambushcrysis]

Nukes are teh only thing keeping us from WW3.

[Zipppppppp]

LOL, nukes will most likely start WW3, and probably end it....

[n8iveidiot13]

no... if there is going to be a ww3 its going to be over food and water... might sound stupid to you but the world is running out of fresh water and food is being wasted everyday in somewhere in this world as is being taken for granted

[skunkace]

Yeahh yeahh yeahhhh. All i see is more scare tack ticks. Bulshit, bullshit and even more bullshit!!!! The power of these pricks in charge, is an illusion! We are the powerful ones, stop giving away your rights!!!! Notice one thing, that all Obama, and Bush before him do is report on defence and creating fear at every corner. "THE POWER OF NIGHTMARES"....They are fabricating something which isnt there in the first place, and making the whole lot up, so your in fear 24/7.

Peace&respect,

Skunk.

[jedirock]

I agree

freespeechnetwork (dot) ning (dot) com

Down with Facebook, youtube, google and myspace, why the hell should we support them with our membership if they censor free speech and stiffle dissent. Stop making them #1 for social and video networks, come help me build our own!!

Peace

[VengeanceCo]

Anyone that believes Obama is right, is stupid. Does he actually think that the terrorists will give up their nukes?

[biped19]

Terrorists don't have nukes. Unless your talking about Israel and the US.

[jedirock]

exactly

[jakeisurpimp]

@biped19 Isreal and the U.S. terrorists? sure both countries have bogus ideals but if you wanna talk shit point a finger at russia or north korea. Russia has 15,000 nukes in their inventory and N.K. is a bully country always saying they will rain nuclear fireshower upon other states.

[mako7828]

@jakeisurpimp How is North Korea a Bully country? How many countries does NK have troops in? Now how Many Countries does the United States have troops in, Answer over 165.

[jakeisurpimp]

@mako7828 Hmmm...Watch the news. You haven't heard about your poor little NK shooting artillery at SK, which was aimed for citizens instead of a military encampment, base, etc.? Sure the U.S. is where it shouldn't be, but i dont see us shooting artillery at citizens simply because we like to piss people off. NK are bullies, they're like children. Kim Jong il: "we will rain nuclear fireshower upon the U.S." Fuck NK, fuck your bogus views.

[jedirock]

"Terrorists don't have nukes. Unless your talking about Israel and the US. "

freespeechnetwork (dot) ning (dot) com

Down with Facebook, youtube, google and myspace, why the hell should we support them with our membership if they censor free speech and stiffle dissent. Stop making them #1 for social and video networks, come help me build our own!!

Peace

[ajr5086]

This is an issue of support. Without support, the movement to do-in with nuclear armament will be as effective as a can of beans...right.

If we truly want an end to nukes, we need to support every idea that will facilitate this goal (within reason) and put less emphasis on who is say the idea.

[laurieannek]

Hello One World Gov't, One World Religion...All in the name of Peace and Safety...Mmmmmm where I have read that before? Oh ya in the Bible about how the coming end of time will be. ..Oh well, most people are Zzzzzzzz...

[mrJOEmann]

pause it @ 0:27 HMMM giving the what salute? I seen that.

[Justice4all311]

journalists of integrity here. 1500 nukes?it would be pointless to get rid of them unless they are getting rid of them all. double-standards yes. this cotinual front to start a war with iran. he sounds like bush now. coincidental? i think people can see this report for what it is.great report.

[xsleef]

How about a world without corrupt gubberments-and banking cartels--they are more dangerous than nukes.

[lumpfish99]

what a pile of steaming........israel has nukes....make them show a gesture of peace seeings as they are so religious....

[TheAnarchist33]

Translation: Disarm or die!

[webovisionca]

I heard this speech last year, exept Bush was the speaker

[StorminNormin1977]

The only way this can be done is a global command net that would allow almost no freedoms for anyone. This is the same logic of people who want total gun control

[artin74]

world without nuclear weapons ...good

[bob733333]

note: many self-righteous governments and prestigious secret societies use terror tactics to achieve their goals........

[bigtex501]

Staub, Problems understanding English? Let me help... " let terrorist countries promise to get rid of theirs" would mean they ALREADY have the nukes.

And do work on your grammar... it's hard to follow your logic or lack of therein...

[Staubdumm]

Oh, I havent misread that. Which terrorist countries you mean? Israel? Or US? or Pakistan? US is a terrorist country and there is no debate among serious law-experts, since its comdemned of "international terrorism" by the World Court.

I will do my work on grammar, thanks for the advice!

[bigtex501]

This is the same garbage that the far left extremists believe with guns... take the guns away from citizens and only the criminals will have guns!

Same thing with the nukes... let's get rid of OUR nukes and let terrorist countries promise to get rid of theirs.... guess who'll still have nukes..!

INCOMMING!!!!!

[Staubdumm]

With a little bit of brain you wouldn't have posted this. You really think terrorists will dig mines, grab pieces of Plutonium (with their bare hands), build enrichers with their kitchen accessoires and then threaten the whole earth with it? You watched too much Macgyver.

Have you ever thought about international control of plutonium ressources? You really think they can do it secretly, buy 40.000.000 $ worth giant machines for enrichment and hide it in Tora Bora?

[t0kt0k]

As if "terrorists" would care whether we had nukes or not anyway.

Mutually Assured Destruction doesn't work so well when the other guy is on a suicide mission.

[bob733333]

are you aware that 9/11 was an inside rig?

[webovisionca]

And when the nuclear bombs drop I will suspect the same

[Argonaut1337]

end the wars keep the nukes....keep everyone guessing

[chrisy0907]

everything he says is a lie

[tumondfs]

cold war in not disappear, US was the first one

to built it & first one to used it,

why is all this nonsense about nuclear weapons,

[chewbaca1989]

Obama's a numnut lawyer.

[thefinalgamer]

no country are going to disarm all of there nuclear weapons. they are terror weapons that can be used to deter attacks.

[KlaxonCow]

South Africa did disarm itself of all their nuclear weapons.

I'm not saying it's remotely likely - in the case of Israel, it, quite frankly, seems utterly impossible - but it is possible for nations to surrender their nuclear capability, because it has happened.

South Africa did actually do exactly that.

[thefinalgamer]

it would be very hard to get all nations to agree to it.

[KlaxonCow]

True, true.

In South Africa's case, they didn't agree it with anyone.

They just unilaterally decided to do it off their own back, whether anyone else did or didn't follow them.

As I said, I'm not saying it's likely that it'd be easy - or even possible - for the world to agree in getting rid of them all.

[KlaxonCow]

But I'm just factually correcting the "no country is going to disarm all of their nuclear weapons" statement.

Because that's not actually true - South Africa did do exactly that.

Although, so far, it's the only country ever to do so and is very much exceptional for it.

As I say, I'm just correcting the facts.

Not disputing the overall sentiment, that what Obama's calling for is an insanely tall order, to say the least.

But I'd be very happy if Obama could prove my cynicism to be wrong. :D

[Lawlow1978]

the only outcome that is even halfway realistic is that every nation will one day have a nuclear weapon.

Because no nation with nuclear weapons will disarm themselves of them ever.

Zimbabwe or Madagascar will get a nuke before the US ever disarms

[KlaxonCow]

You are factually incorrect.

South Africa developed nuclear weapons - but then choose to unilaterally disarm itself.

[micahgee]

Double standards cough cough...

Maybe if they US launched the missiles towards the sun, except for 1 single missile. And invite every nuclear power to do the same!

With only a handful of nuclear weapons, and no more production, they will become museum relics, rusting behind glass.

[lordblazer]

that's smart. I just got back from Nagasaki. Its quite interesting. Its a huge deal. You have survivors who try to take time to promote the dismantling of these weapons. After hearing a survivor's story from the survivor himself. Maybe we need to find a better use for this tech, or advance to a different form of energy :D

[callieland]

heck even israel has 800

[chewbaca1989]

Yes, Israel is not part of the Nuke no prolif treaty, they are a "outlaw" nation.

Samson Option, Israel's plan to bring the house down.

[callieland]

of course the blue hats would still have them.

[fostereric]

lol, who is dumb enough to get rid of their nukes

[OmarThePug]

can't wait for al-quaeda to get their hands on the Cobalt 60!!

[t0kt0k]

Let's launch all our planet's nukes at Jupiter or something, to celebrate the first Earth Independence Day.

[micahgee]

why not the sun =)

[Staubdumm]

Who is gonna save us from evil aliens then? Haven't you watched Independance day with Will Smith? He taught is that we need those weapons against exterrial races.

[lordblazer]

We have project Torchwood, and the Dr. can help us along with Ross. :D

[Pananarchist]

Maybe if the evil aliens lived on Jupiter...

[t0kt0k]

If I recall, we defeated the aliens in the movie by infecting them with a magical computer virus.

[Staubdumm]

Yes, a magical computer virus, a punch into a face of one (Will smoked after that) and atomic bombs. They need the virus for turning off their force shields and nuked them afterwards. And the whole population of the earth was happy. Jews and Palastinians in brotherhood killed these smelly alien babies. Humanism as its best!

[t0kt0k]

Oh, was it nukes after all? I thought drunken old men flew biplanes up into the alien tractor beams or something.

[ejbh3160]

The nuclear weapons are what drives the building of nuclear power stations & vice versa. The two are 100% connected. Especially in the UK where the ONLY reason we have nuclear power stations is for the weapons programme! Now we get Brown's govt deciding to 'replace' our Trident nukes & so the 'new' French nuke power stations were a forgone conclusion! (besides Brown's 'cleaning services' brother is the main PR man for the French company EdF that will build the nuke stations.. surprise surprise)

[exacerbatedtaboo]

Obamas world without everyone else having nuclear weapons with the exception on US, Israel, and Britain....Do you honestly think we're going to get rid of our nukes? Keep dreaming.