Agreed. There can't really be anything wrong with violating the non-proliferation treaty. After all, Israel has gotten away with it for a long time. Decades?
On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 9:00 AM, michael perelman <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't like nuclear weapons, but for all the outrage regarding North > Korea's nuclear explosion, nobody seems to have noticed that this week the > U.S. celebrated the opening of the $3.5 billion National Ignition Facility. > The New York Times described project without mentioning its military > purpose, except quoting the project director who "compared the project to > feats like going to the Moon, building the atom bomb and inventing the > airplane." > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/science/26fusi.html?_r=1&ref=science > > The NIF is supposed to simulate weapons tests without having to do anything > as crude as exploding a bomb underground. Presumably North Korea should be > condemned for being too poor to produce this cathedral of death near > Berkeley, California. > > p.s. I know that the authorities also wish NIF to create fusion power, but I > doubt that it would have funding without its military "benefits." > > -- > Michael Perelman > Economics Department > California State University > Chico, CA > 95929 > > 530 898 5321 > fax 530 898 5901 > http://michaelperelman.wordpress.com > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
