Some things never change, it seems. For my entire life, people have been protesting about the madness of nuclear weapons. Policymakers have been studiously ignoring such protests for just as long. Not only have the bombs remained unbanned, they have also proliferated and become bigger and “better.”
To Barack Obama’s credit, he has at least tried to do something about a threat that still puts all the others in the shade—if that’s quite the way to describe global warming.
The prospect of what is euphemistically known as “nuclear exchange” between any of the major powers may still be remote, but it is not unthinkable. The possibility of accident or miscalculation remains all too real, as do the possible consequences.
The prospect of what is euphemistically known as 'nuclear exchange' between any of the major powers may still be remote, but it is not unthinkable.
