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[Previous entry: "The "bionic dolphin.""] [Main Index] [Next entry: "Bionic eye tech doing better than expected."] 04/07/2005 Entry: "US asks Israel to get rid of its nukes." US asks Israel to get rid of its nukes. via technocrat Well, South Africa and the Ukraine have done it, but this seems like nothing more than diplomatic noise than anything else. I'd love to see a WMD-free Mideast, and that includes Israel. Israel doesnt even admit to having nuclear weapons, but its arsenal is a good size, something like 300 weapons. It may not be a theocracy, but its close enough and the religious tensions in the area are more than enough to expect that part of the world to "go glass" before any other. Unfortunately, I think things are going in the opposite direction - MAD and nuclear parity. Iran et al are going to follow Israel's lead in starting a secret nuclear program, if they haven't already. Meanwhile, Pakistan enjoys her nukes too, although no where near Israel's 300 or so nukes. See also: The IAEA to make a nuke-free Mideast an issue in May. Hopefully, the press and the noosphere will pick this up as an important issue. Also, a part of me wonders why technocrat.net even exists. They're trying to be a grown-up version of slashdot. I don't think Perens understands people go to slashdot because of its kiddie-esque water-cooler conversations and slacker attitude toward, well, everything except evangelizing for open source software. Its like trying to start a a more-adult oriented hippie movement in '69. Kinda misses the boat on why people are there to begin with.
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