Nuclear Weapons

Russia and U.S. Presidents are going to get together this month and agree to reduce our deployed, not including stock piled, nuclear weapons to less than 1700 in the near future.

Back in the day when they used to worry about such things, it was estimated that it would take about 100 nuclear bombs to bring on a global winter which would wipe out mankind.  Given the inter-connectivity of life and the delicacy of life in general, this is probably a high side number.  Like it matters.  In any case we will agree to only keep enough nuclear weapons to wipe out the planet 17 times each.  How noble of us.  We (humans) are idiots.

The nuclear club is about seven or eight if you don't count our two newest members Iran and Korea.  The new members are not as revered as old members like Pakistan and China.  Or as righteous as Israel or as just as Great Britain or as proud as France or sacred as Indian, but they are our newest members and deserve all the respect that countries with nuclear weapons deserve.  God bless such self righteous idiots.

Nuclear weapons are like using hangernades to get rid of flies or ants in your house.  And those with those weapons don't want anyone else to have them.  Obviously, one of the most war-like countries in the history of the world (that would be us if you haven't noticed) is to be completely trusted with these toys, but no one else.  Daah.  No one should be trusted with the ability to destroy our planet.  Can you really imagine that we trusted Jehovah Bush with this power. We are idiots.

With kids, and I have learned it applies even to countries, it is not what you preach that matters to most people, it is what you do that matters.  The U.S. speaks great volumes when it agrees to cut the number of nuclear weapons to 1700, if and only if, Russia cuts the number of nuclear weapons to 1700.  Why not be daring, cut out nuclear weapons to 1699, set a real example for the rest of the world.  We are idiots.  Why not cut it to 100, or the correct number to just wipe out the planet once.  If we miss a few people, Russia can take up the slack.  If Martians some day look at our game plan on nuclear weapons there is only one conclusion they can reach. Humans were idiots.