Atomic Alarmism

Accuracy in Academia ^ | November 10, 2009 | Sarah Carlsruh

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Atomic Alarmism

Sarah Carlsruh, November 10, 2009

Struggling to decide between confrontation and engagement, the Obama administration is engaging in diplomatic talks with Iran, but has not yet ruled out force as an option. If the Obama administration were to believe John Mueller’s book, Atomic Obsession: Nuclear Alarmism from Hiroshima to Al Qaeda, they could abandon diplomatic engagement completely and rest easy. Mueller, who spoke at the Cato Institute on October 29th and is the Woody Hayes Chair of National Security Studies at Ohio State University, called his book a “cure for insomnia,” since it should ease late-night fears of nuclear destruction.

In his slide show, Mueller claimed that atomic weapons’ “destructive capacity has been commonly exaggerated.” While making it clear that he is not trying to trivialize nuclear weapons, he argued that “they are not necessarily the end of the world;”

According to Mueller, the U.S. has invented “a new category, which is called weapons of mass destruction” (WMD), and is loosely defined to include categories which are not, in fact, able to destroy things en masse. FBI.gov’s WMD webpage calls weapons of mass destruction “a serious concern,” saying that “chemical, biological, and radiological/nuclear materials—what we call weapons of mass destruction or WMD—[are] being used to attack the U.S.” Mueller mockingly pointed out that, according to the U.S. government, “hand grenades are weapons of mass destruction.” FBI.gov does, in fact, define WMD’s as any “explosive or incendiary device…bomb, grenade, rocket, missile, mine, or other device with a charge of more than four ounces.”...

[The Great RJ]

I am waiting for Obama to step off Air Force One after meeting with Ahmadinejad and wave a paper while declaring peace in our time.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

Weapon of Mass destruction = kills me or my friends;
Not A WMD = just kills you and your friends

[himno hero]

http://mainfo.blogspot.com/

There is a good video there, scroll down and hit play

[himno hero]

http://mainfo.blogspot.com/

There is a good video there, scroll down and hit play

[DannyTN]

I’m still waiting for Obama to sit down with them without preconditions. The birth certificate might become irrelevant if he does so.

[garyhope]

They quoted someone in the article as saying that “you only have to be wrong (about nuclear weapons) once”.

If you don’t think the Islamofascists (Iranians or otherwise) won’t nuke NYC or DC, you’re not reading or thinking enough.