Nuclear Hypocrisy
North Korea recently conducted an underground test of a nuclear explosive device. According to an Associated Press news article, nations throughout the world are condemning the test. Here are some quotes from the article, along with the number of nuclear weapons each condemning nation possesses:
The U.S. possesses ten thousand nuclear weapons.
The UK possesses 200 nuclear weapons.
Russia possesses 8600 nuclear weapons.
France possesses 350 nuclear weapons.
China possesses 400 nuclear weapons.
Nations possessing hundreds, even thousands, of nuclear weapons can hardly claim to hold the moral high ground. If these nations want to have any credibility at all in condemning North Korea's nuclear weapons program, they must first dismantle their own stockpiles of nuclear weapons. To do otherwise is the height of hypocrisy.
Pot, meet kettle.
The U.N. Security Council was meeting later Monday in New York to discuss what President Barack Obama called Pyongyang's "blatant defiance" of resolutions banning the regime from developing weapons of mass destruction.
The U.S. possesses ten thousand nuclear weapons.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown condemned the test as a "danger to the world."
The UK possesses 200 nuclear weapons.
Russia's Foreign Ministry called it "a serious blow to international efforts" to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons.
Russia possesses 8600 nuclear weapons.
French officials said they would push for new sanctions.
France possesses 350 nuclear weapons.
China said it was "resolutely opposed" to the test.
China possesses 400 nuclear weapons.
Nations possessing hundreds, even thousands, of nuclear weapons can hardly claim to hold the moral high ground. If these nations want to have any credibility at all in condemning North Korea's nuclear weapons program, they must first dismantle their own stockpiles of nuclear weapons. To do otherwise is the height of hypocrisy.
Pot, meet kettle.
posted by Jim Allyn at 5/25/2009 10:45:00 AM
