COUNTERPLAN/NUCLEAR ABOLITION
SOLVENCY: NUCLEAR ABOLITION IS POPULAR
IN THE USA OPPONENTS OF NUCLEAR ABOLITION WILL USE SCARE TACTICS, BUT WILL FAIL
HOWARD BREMBECK, Fourth Freedom Foundation, 2000; IN SEARCH OF THE FOURTH FREEDOM // VT2002 acs p. 102
Within America, opponents of the new policy will conjure up a frightening picture. They will warn that nuclear abolition amounts to national surrender. Those who support abolition will be vilified and demonized for their vision and courage. But if they stand fast, common sense will prevail and the American people will rally around a commitment that has as its objective the removal of weapons that can destroy any hope for the future.
DEBATE STIRRED BY MOVES TOWARD NUCLEAR ABOLITION WILL RALLY POPULAR SUPPORT FOR THE CONCEPT
HOWARD BREMBECK, Fourth Freedom Foundation, 2000, IN SEARCH OF THE FOURTH FREEDOM // VT2002 acs p. 99
A commitment to abolition will represent a major shift in U.S. policy so the debate in the halls of government and among individual citizens will be intense. Congress and the White House, politicians and pundits all will have their say. The policies of the past will be attacked and defended. Plans for the future will be praised and denounced. But as the arguments continue, I am convinced our policies will begin to change. Our national leadership in government and in many segments of the private sector will have begun to understand the necessity of turning away from the obsolete doctrines of the Cold War. They will begin to realize that the time has come for us to embark on a bold new course of action. This change of direction will not be radical at first. Discussion and compromisehallmarks of democratic society-do not lend themselves to abrupt shifts in guiding principles. But subtly, carefully, the United States will lead the world toward a new level of peaceful, productive cooperation.
HALF OF THE WORLD ALREADY WANTS NUCLEAR ABOLITION, AND THE OTHER HALF WILL SEE THE LIGHT
David Krieger, President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. May 25, 2000 Ending the Nuclear Weapons Era
http://www.peacenet.org/disarm/ //VT2002acslnBut there is a way out. More than half the world sees it, and has called for the elimination of nuclear weapons within a time-bound framework. Eventually the nuclear weapons states also will be forced to see it. A nuclear weapons free world is in the interests of all people on Earth, and all those who will follow. This includes the interests of the nuclear weapons states. In fact, their reliance on nuclear weapons is the main threat to their own security.
NEARLY THE ENTIRE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE IS NOW A NUCLAR FREE ZONE
David Krieger, President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. May 25, 2000 Ending the Nuclear Weapons Era
http://www.peacenet.org/disarm/ //VT2002acslnIn April 1996 the Treaty of Pelindaba was signed creating an African Nuclear Weapons Free Zone. With the signing of this treaty nearly the entire Southern hemisphere had designated itself as nuclear weapons free.
INDIA AND IRAN CALL FOR THE ABOLITION OF WMD
THE HINDU April 11, 2001 HEADLINE: India, Iran for global regime against terrorism //VT2002acsln
In the Declaration, India and Iran called for the total abolition of weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons, and insisted that international cooperation in peaceful uses of nuclear energy should not be constrained in the name of controlling nuclear proliferation. The two countries have announced plans for civilian nuclear cooperation with Russia, which has come under some criticism from the Western nations.
CHINA WILL ELIMINATE ITS NUCLAR ARSENAL IF OTHER NUCLEAR WEAPONS STATES DO SO
David Krieger, President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. May 25, 2000 Ending the Nuclear Weapons Era
http://www.peacenet.org/disarm/ //VT2002acslnThe fifth declared nuclear weapons state, China, adopted a more neutral posture that was more conciliatory to non-nuclear weapons states. China indicated its willingness to eliminate its nuclear arsenal, contingent upon all other nuclear weapons states doing so.