Browsing: Michael Walker

World "Mushroom cloud" from the Castle Union nuclear weapons test
US: Nuclear Hypocrisy

In 2009, US President Barack Obama affirmed “America’s commitment to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons”, but it is becoming increasingly difficult to believe that the president is truly committed to eliminating these terrifying weapons of mass destruction.

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North Korea: Bizarre belligerence

News about North Korea falls into two categories: the comical and the frightening. In February Pyongyang tested a nuclear device for the third time, prompting the United Nations Security Council to impose further sanctions on Kim’s beleaguered regime. Even China, the North’s supposed ally, voted in support of this resolution. Then, in March, it was reported that the North Korea had declared the 1953 armistice agreement, which had brought the Korean War to a close, null and void.

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