tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25995363.post5176149985298236553..comments2023-06-20T01:49:29.525-07:00Comments on Blogging About the Unthinkable: A Recipe For FailureSovietologisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09099598091505738702noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25995363.post-77321942277778130762008-08-22T18:22:00.000-07:002008-08-22T18:22:00.000-07:00I say this with no sense of anti-American triumpha...I say this with no sense of anti-American triumphalism, but from the perspectives of those who kept on with developing their nuclear programs after the U.S. left the game, the current debate about this technology in the States, centering on anti-proliferation issues, sounds a bit pompous.<BR/><BR/>You are very right when you point out that the U.S. is not the technical leader in nuclear technologies it once was, nor does it control a significant amount of uranium, and has not demonstrated that it has any real influence on nuclear related matters outside its own borders. In fact the situation with India looks very much like the U.S. backing down, not setting terms, no matter what sort of spin that is put on it.<BR/><BR/>What is clear, is that these presumptions are only for internal consumption, and anytime a country starts to delude itself like this, the problems are just starting. We saw it happen in the U.S.S.R. and we saw it happen in the U.K. before in the 50's and 60's, when the fantasy that they were still a major imperial power was leveraged to influence public opinion.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately nuclear issues are not the only ones where this is true in America today.<BR/><BR/>It pains many Canadians to see the U.S. heading down this path; you're our neighbors, you're our best friend, and you are also our older brother, the one who left home first to make it on his own. There is no pleasure in seeing you like this, and a good deal of fear that things might get worse.DV8 2XLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14595060432772287143noreply@blogger.com