August 02, 2004

Yo, Osama, want some nukes?

Nuclear proliferation is a huge problem; one of al-Qaeda's goals is to acquire nuclear weapons, so why is the Administration doing this?

In a significant shift in U.S. policy, the Bush administration announced this week that it will oppose provisions for inspections and verification as part of an international treaty that would ban production of nuclear weapons materials.

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For several years the United States and other nations have pursued the treaty, which would ban new production by any state of highly enriched uranium and plutonium for weapons. At an arms-control meeting this week in Geneva, the Bush administration told other nations it still supported a treaty, but not verification.

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The announcement at the U.N.-sponsored Conference on Disarmament comes several months after President Bush declared it a top priority of his administration to prevent the production and trafficking in nuclear materials, and as the administration works to blunt criticism by Democrats and others that it has failed to work effectively with the United Nations and other international bodies on such vital global concerns.

Without verification how is one to know where the material is, who's doing what with it, and whether it's going places we'd prefer it not go?

Also, does this count as a flip-flop?

Posted by Linkmeister at August 2, 2004 12:01 AM
Comments

Thanks for making me snort coffee through my nose. This was classic Bush.

And yes, this counts as a flip-flop. I think I need a lost shaker of salt or something....

Posted by: Redneck Ruby at August 2, 2004 07:05 AM