----- Original Message ----- From: "Russell Chapman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 4:55 PM Subject: Re: Nuclear Iran
> Robert Seeberger wrote: > > >We (the international community) can always resort to a MAD-like > >position to enforce anti-proliferation. (In fact that might be an > >inevitability) A formalization of the "Nuclear Club" would be a sign > >that such is indeed on the way. > > > > > But isn't that what the Security Council is? I mean, when it was set up, > it was the "Nuclear Club", and it used that MAD-like position to control > proliferation (though not as successfully as they might have hoped). The Security Council was the five major powers of the Allies after WWII. France was in there as a gift from the US. At the time, only the US had nuclear weapons. Also, at that time, the only significant military forces were those of the US and the USSR. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
