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JoeWilson commented on the blog post FDL Book Salon Welcomes Tad Daley, Apocalypse Never: Forging the Path to a Nuclear Weapon-Free World
Thanks very much, and Tad, thank you for writing such an important book. Joe Wilson
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JoeWilson commented on the blog post FDL Book Salon Welcomes Tad Daley, Apocalypse Never: Forging the Path to a Nuclear Weapon-Free World
Perhaps you could share with us what those average case scenarios and what you are doing to address them?
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JoeWilson commented on the blog post FDL Book Salon Welcomes Tad Daley, Apocalypse Never: Forging the Path to a Nuclear Weapon-Free World
Or because they are too mesmerized by American Idol, Glenn Beck, and Paris Hilton to focus on the hard issues.
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JoeWilson commented on the blog post FDL Book Salon Welcomes Tad Daley, Apocalypse Never: Forging the Path to a Nuclear Weapon-Free World
Exactly which is why I ask what else we can do. I would have thought that there is an opportunity posed by Fukushima, whatever you think of nuclear energy, to focus some attention on the broader threat posed by the lack of international will to control weapons and the fuel cycle. We shouldn’t let the absence of and easy 100 % solution deter us from making the first steps.
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JoeWilson commented on the blog post FDL Book Salon Welcomes Tad Daley, Apocalypse Never: Forging the Path to a Nuclear Weapon-Free World
I would agree that the US is part of the problem, but isn’t the discussion supposed to be about how we shape the future so that it is as we would like it to be. I think that throwing up our hands or just waiting for the freight train to hit us is irresponsible.
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JoeWilson commented on the blog post FDL Book Salon Welcomes Tad Daley, Apocalypse Never: Forging the Path to a Nuclear Weapon-Free World
So what is your suggestion on how to reign in the US?
You may well be correct about the US and nobody I know who thinks about nuclear arms reduction omits the US. You are most certainly wrong about the rest being penny ante. -
JoeWilson commented on the blog post FDL Book Salon Welcomes Tad Daley, Apocalypse Never: Forging the Path to a Nuclear Weapon-Free World
That may be but of we are wrong we are merely foolish. If you’re wrong, we’re screwed.
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JoeWilson commented on the blog post FDL Book Salon Welcomes Tad Daley, Apocalypse Never: Forging the Path to a Nuclear Weapon-Free World
That is the “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people” argument that may or not make sense in the gun control debate but in the nuclear one, seems to me to be rather more dangerous.
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JoeWilson commented on the blog post FDL Book Salon Welcomes Tad Daley, Apocalypse Never: Forging the Path to a Nuclear Weapon-Free World
Hi Christy,
Nice to see you as well. Your question goes to one I posed earlier in a different way. How effective have groups like Global Zero and Sam Nunn’s book as well as films like Countdown to Zero in influencing attitudes. -
JoeWilson commented on the blog post FDL Book Salon Welcomes Tad Daley, Apocalypse Never: Forging the Path to a Nuclear Weapon-Free World
It seems to me that MAD was effective for a time when access to the nuke club was much more difficult and before nihilistic non state actors were such a threat to world order. We are talking about a different era, which is aggravated by the inability to effectively secure weapons grade material.
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JoeWilson commented on the blog post FDL Book Salon Welcomes Tad Daley, Apocalypse Never: Forging the Path to a Nuclear Weapon-Free World
I guess my first question is how effective have been groups like Global Zero and Sam Nunn’s group in raising awareness about the threat you discuss so eloquently. My sense is that there is much room for improvement.
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JoeWilson commented on the blog post FDL Book Salon Welcomes Tad Daley, Apocalypse Never: Forging the Path to a Nuclear Weapon-Free World
Hi Tad,
Joe Wilson here. Delighted to be here with you. -
JoeWilson commented on the blog post FDL Book Salon Welcomes Tad Daley, Apocalypse Never: Forging the Path to a Nuclear Weapon-Free World
Good afternoon,
delighted to be hear to discuss this important topic. Joe
