-Caveat Lector- Advocates for the abolition of nuclear weapons feel that if the legislation now under consideration for a US ballistic misslile defense system is implemented that this will severely set back negotiations for the complete abolition of nuclear weapons. Examples are cited of rapid Soviet reciprocation to President Bush's unilateral reduction in US nuclear weapons following the end of the cold war as a precedent to indicate that the best path towards ameliorating the threat of nuclear war is not a ballistic missile defense system but for the US to take the initiative in renouncing the use of nuclear weapons entirely. After all it was only the United States which has ever used nuclear weapons against human beings and has continually since then threatened the first strike use of these weapons, in violation of the UN charter and several UN resolutions since which clearly spell out the UN position that the use of nuclear weapons is a violation of the UN charter and a crime against humanity. The Soviet nuclear buildup was in direct response to this continued threat of the US and it is only logical to think that any effective plan for the abolition of nuclear weapons must start with further moves on our part to eliminate this threat. A far more effective strategy than a ballistic missile defense system would be to stop all nuclear testing (even the current so-called sub-critical tests) and to renounce this first-strike policy. The next step would be to follow President Bush's example of incremental and continued deactivation of US nuclear weapons with monitored reciprocal deactivation of Russian nuclear weapons as an example to the rest of the world to follow on the pathway to Nuclear Abolition 2000. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
