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PA Group: Nuke Talks Can Lead to Deeper Discussions on World Peace

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Tuesday, July 7, 2009   

PITTSBURGH - With U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dimitry Medvedev signing a preliminary agreement to reduce nuclear stockpiles by as much as one-third, some wonder if it's the start of a dialogue that could make the world a safer place. Scilla Warhaftig, American Friends Service Committee program director for Pennsylvania, calls it a recognition of how dangerous nuclear weapons are, and perhaps a first step to ridding the world of them altogether.

"Washington and Moscow have, between them, about 2,200 strategic nuclear warheads, many of them sort of ready for first strike. We've simply got to reduce these as fast as we can."

Warhaftig sees little merit in the argument that nuclear weapons offer a safety net.

"What is amazing is that, with this many already out there, an accident hasn't happened. The potential for an accident, a major, major catastrophe, is there the whole time."

Warhaftig says the nuclear discussion may seem an awkward place for U.S-Russian relations to find traction again, until you consider a common philosophy between the countries' leaders.

"In some ways it is a safe issue, one that they can agree on fairly easily. It is something that makes a start, and I'm excited just because I think we are now negotiating and talking together."

The debate on nuclear weapons centers on whether countries that do have them are safer because of it. Some say nukes are still a necessary deterrent, but Warhaftig says if two world powers like the U.S. and Russia agree that the answer to that question is 'No,' then the prospect of more complete nuclear disarmament isn't out of the picture.


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