[rzeznikj at stout]

The NPT is more than just a trade agreement. It was designed to prevent NATO and Soviet nuclear material from being shipped elsewhere to give one side a tactical or strategic advanatage. As I've said, it was a Cold War design that stopped applying at the collapse of the Warsaw Pact.

I'm not saying that we need to leave things as they are--they need to change. But with what you propose, the risks and harms handily outweigh any benefit that can be obtained. Especially with entrusting a corrupt UN to handle enforcement of the current, ignored, and outdated pact.

The best way clearly would be to just rewrite a new treaty, with the U.S. taking the lead on such an endeavor.

[Golden Eagle]

The best way clearly would be to just rewrite a new treaty, with the U.S. taking the lead on such an endeavor.

Obviously what I have been proposing all along, where were you?