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I
prefer to think of it as nothing less than courageous that President
George W. Bush , in his speech before the United Nations, admitted
that many of the weapons of "mass destruction" that that America
has introduced to the world, are in all reality "weapons of "Mass
Murder."
When
George Bush introduced this new term to describe nuclear, biological,
and chemical weapons, he could not have been any clearer about
their intended use. For years people in the antiwar movement have
argued that these weapons have no place in tactical warfare. There
is almost no chance that any of these weapons can be used without
inflicting major harm on civilian populations.
I
can only imagine that with this new insight, President Bush will
be issuing an official apology to Japan for our mass murder of
their citizens, with the introduction of the atomic bomb in World
War II . Also, knowing that America has vast stockpiles of mass
murder weapons should be cause for their destruction, now that
we know their intended use.
For
way too many years governments have spent time and money on the
development of these weapons thinking that they could deter war,
when in fact these weapons can only lead to untold horror. It
is a true testament to America's leadership role that we were
the first nation to come out with the truth about the reason these
weapons were produced and with this new honesty, many nations,
including America will see that their moral beliefs cannot allow
these weapons to exist
Many
people will say that this was just a slip by President Bush, others
will put the blame for this honest assessment on some speech writer,
but if George W. Bush would ever like to go down in history as
a truly great world leader, he should jump on this notion of weapons
of mass murder with both feet.
America
has been looking for cooperation from the world community in making
the world safer. If President Bush follows through with this breakthrough
in potential weapon reduction, all nations will look at the United
States as the real world leader.
Jim
Glaser is a Vietnam vet and a volunteer in veterans hospitals.
He is a regular columnist for LewRockwell.com.
Visit his website.
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