The Washington Post, December 6th, 1996
The technology can't be disinvented, and the possibility of escalting to a nuclear spasm deters conventional wars. The latest jolt of attention to the goal of eliminating all nuclear weapons seems unlikely to produce early change in American policy. But it does give wondering citizens fresh occasion to question a post-Cold War consensus which supports steady nuclear reductions but does not go all the way to abolishing these potentially civilization-threatening arms. The abolitionists have gotten smart. They realize that the disarmament appeals of scientists and political advocates only carry s...
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