tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202068583937048818.post2160280595356667550..comments2023-10-22T04:07:31.399-07:00Comments on Waging Peace Today: Does Deterrence Really Deter?Rick Waymanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17325336172676810274noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202068583937048818.post-82801101195871737372010-08-04T14:55:56.078-07:002010-08-04T14:55:56.078-07:00It is important to note that Henry Kissinger, Shul...It is important to note that Henry Kissinger, Shultz, Nunn & Perry have all concurred that the only sane approach to remaining safe in this world is for total abolition of nuclear weapons. The sooner the better.<br /><br />However, it seems the Republicans in Congress are attempting to prevent any real progress on START before November midterm elections. It is also disgraceful that we have not ratified the CTBT and we are approaching the 65th Anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Nuclear weapons are a threat to humanity - that includes republicans and democrats.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202068583937048818.post-58349642892953632452010-08-02T12:09:03.710-07:002010-08-02T12:09:03.710-07:00As a professor of psychiatry, I want to draw atten...As a professor of psychiatry, I want to draw attention to another aspect of nuclear deterrence. That is its effect on mental health. Such deterrence rests on the frank acceptance of massive efforts to inculcate dread. Our lives from birth on do that superbly without the addition of dread of deliberate nuclear armageddon, and we have suffered for 12,000 years now from a continuously increasing overload of "civilization dread" deriving from poverty, pollution, injustice. To prevent both the end of civilization and the mental incapacity to live enjoyability within civilization, we urgently need to abolish nuclear weapons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com