Just came back from watching "Countdown to Zero", a documentary about the threat of nuclear annihilation we are facing today with even more nations wanting to join the nuclear bomb club and how we must work toward a nuclear free world.
The film is a very loud wake-up call for all of us who still have an intact common sense: Why would anybody on this planet want to produce, stockpile and have at the ready a vast arsenal of nuclear weapons, when all of us should know what happens when one of these horror bombs goes off. Go see for yourself! Most scary aspect of the movie to me was how much enriched Uranium is still floating about and how easy it is to smuggle it around the world.
What also bothers me about the film are some of the sanctimonious quotes by known villains such as Tony Blair, Zbiginiew Brzinsky, Robert McNamara who now speak as if they never really wanted to have anything to do with nuclear weapons. When they were in charge they were the perpetrators who kept uncounted missiles on trigger alert - where they still remain today! All that spells is mutual destruction and no winners. The story in the film goes that these catastrophic weapons must not fall into the hands of the terrorists - I ask, what are they doing in the hands of anybody? If the weapons did not exist they could not fall into anybody's hands. Again that scenario is portrayed as if North Korea, Pakistan or India wants to defend themselves through the deterrent of nuclear weapons that is evil; when 'we' do it, it is justified. The threat is a real threat, no matter who is the threatener! And to pretend that the only danger comes from the terrorists and the rogue states is pure nonsense. All the 'trigger' nations have their weapons at the ready, and that's where the mistake will be made ...
We still want to support the START-Treaty with all our powers. It is a good 'start' and could lead to the eventual elimination of atomic weaponry. But don't hold your breath, yet.