Posted on 10/12/2024 5:49:00 AM PDT by blueplum
China on Thursday urged nuclear-armed countries to make a commitment to no first-use of nukes and said that any attempt to smear or distort China's nuclear policy would be "in vain."
"Nuclear-weapons states should negotiate and conclude a treaty on 'mutual no-first-use of nuclear weapons' or issue a political statement in this regard, in order to prevent nuclear arms race and reduce strategic risks," said Sun Xiaobo, director general of the Department of Arms Control under China's Foreign Ministry, according to a translation of his comments provided by the Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations....
Sun called for the "complete prohibition and thorough destruction" of nuclear weapons, as well as the establishment of a world free of nuclear weapons....
Sun also reiterated China's nuclear strategy, claiming the country had declared that it would never use nuclear weapons first at any time under any circumstances, keeping its nuclear force at the minimum level required for national security.
"Chinese President Xi Jinping has repeatedly emphasized that nuclear weapons cannot be used and nuclear war must never be fought," he added...
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China is actually fairly rational in some respects.
The top nuclear powers should make a treaty: any country that uses any type of nuclear weapon first will be attacked with nuclear weapons by all of them in retaliation. (None of the top nuclear powers is stupid enough to use a nuke first except maybe Russia under Putin so part of the treaty should be all the other powers agree to glass any of of the signatories who violates the treaty.)
And I’m not talking about a proportional strike like - I’m talking any violator should be nuked out of existence.
Biden, DUH!
This is all B.S. History is repeating itself but instead of battleship this time it’s nuclear weapons. Look up the Washington Naval Treaty, also known as the Five-Power Treaty, signed in 1922. Worthless. Only gives a free hand to the unscrupulous.
“Nuclear-weapons states should negotiate and conclude a treaty on ‘mutual no-first-use of nuclear weapons’”
Neocons can’t do that, or Ukraine will be out of reach for them.
There are actually people (democrats) who will believe this and further disarm America.
President Donald J. Trump...
Then, you are full of shite. You are either a bot or under the pay of the commie trash.
Any gov’mt official willing to NOT use anything to preserve their country against aggression should be dragged out back of the barn and “dealt with”.
For example, this might make it more likely for the USA not to retaliate if China were to take down the USA power grid or hit the USA with a massive biological attack.
You got that right. While smiling on one hand, the Chicomms will be creating and making nukes in secret. They are commies. That’s what they do.
Nah. I’m not a bot. Know China is a self-centered pile of ####. But they are rational enough to know that nuclear war is not in their interest either.
Why in secret? Everyone knows they have nukes.
Who’s talking disarmament (besides idiot Demscum)? This is basically going back to Mutually Assured Destruction. Or rather formalizing it for all involved.
The secret is after they talk western and maybe other nations into disarming.
Yeah. Possible. Even likely. Didn’t think of that. The Chinese always think long term and they just have to wait for some Demscum to get elected. Sigh.
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