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On AlterNet: nuclear weapons

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "nuclear weapons"

Obama's Multilateral Approach to North Korea: Are You Kidding Me?

Obama's Multilateral Approach to North Korea: Are You Kidding Me?

Byard Duncan, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. June 17, 2009.
Obama and South Korean president Lee Myung-bak met yesterday to discuss a multilateral approach to confronting North Korea.

Why U.S. Neocons Want Ahmadinejad to Win

Why U.S. Neocons Want Ahmadinejad to Win

Stephen Zunes, AlterNet. June 17, 2009.
American conservatives and Iranian hard-liners need each other.

UN Approves New Sanctions Against North Korea

The Washington Post June 12, 2009.
The move follows the country's second nuclear test.

Freeing Journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee Is AlterNet's Top Take Action Campaign of the Week

Freeing Journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee Is AlterNet's Top Take Action Campaign of the Week

Byard Duncan, AlterNet. June 9, 2009.
Call on the North Korean government to release the two American journalists sentenced to 12 years of hard labor.

Hypocrisy, Favoritism and Fear-Mongering: Why the U.S. Position on Nukes is Totally Bankrupt

Hypocrisy, Favoritism and Fear-Mongering: Why the U.S. Position on Nukes is Totally Bankrupt

Allison Kilkenny, AlterNet. April 10, 2009.
Obama says we must expand drone operations in Pakistan lest the Taliban get a nuclear weapon. Pakistani author Tariq Ali tells me this is a joke.

Obama Takes on the Nuclear Neanderthals

Obama Takes on the Nuclear Neanderthals

Katrina vanden Heuvel, TheNation.com. February 9, 2009.
President Obama supports a nuclear free world, but he faces a high noon showdown in the form of his own Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates.

Experts Predict a Possible Terrorist Strike with a Nuke in the US by 2013 -- What Can We Do to Stop It?

Experts Predict a Possible Terrorist Strike with a Nuke in the US by 2013 -- What Can We Do to Stop It?

Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet. December 16, 2008.
There’s no way around it: nuclear weapons are scary. Will fear drive Americans away from Obama’s arms control agenda?

The Race to Save  L.A. from Nuclear Terror

The Race to Save L.A. from Nuclear Terror

Tad Daley, LA City Beat. July 25, 2008.
Is there anything we can do to prevent the loss of a city?

Don't Drink the Nuclear Kool-Aid

Don't Drink the Nuclear Kool-Aid

Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. July 17, 2008.
We can't let the nuclear power industry use global warming as an opportunity to sell its insanely expensive and dangerous power plants.

Radioactive Hypocrisy: American Hubris Threatens Perpetual Nuclear Proliferation

Radioactive Hypocrisy: American Hubris Threatens Perpetual Nuclear Proliferation

Tad Daley, AlterNet. May 15, 2008.
Non-nuclear weapon states shouldn't tolerate the nuclear double standard.

Bush Falsely Claims Iran

Bush Falsely Claims Iran "Declared" It Wants Nukes "to Destroy People"

Ben Armbruster, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. March 21, 2008.
The experts have called Bush's claim is "troubling" and "as uninformed as McCain's statement that Iran is training al-Qaeda"

Nuclear Capitalism [VIDEO]

Nuclear Capitalism [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. February 12, 2008.
While most Americans aren't paying attention, the US, France and Russia are selling nuclear technology to the highest bidders.

Will Bush Provoke Iran?

Will Bush Provoke Iran?

Marjorie Cohn, AlterNet. December 27, 2007.
No amount of intelligence is likely to get Bush to back off.

Bush White House Tries to Redefine "Truthful"

Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report AlterNet: Video. December 6, 2007.
Steve Benen: By Ken Starr's '98 standards, if a president is caught lying in response to a reporter's question. That's impeachable. Just sayin'.

Is the Iran NIE a Trojan Horse?

Is the Iran NIE a Trojan Horse?

Russ Wellen, Scholars and Rogues AlterNet: PEEK. December 6, 2007.
Russ Wellen: "Rather than adjusting policy on Iran in accordance to the reality-check provided by the NIE, the President moved the goal post on Iran."

White House Reveals Bush Lied: Was Told in August Iran’s Nuclear Program

White House Reveals Bush Lied: Was Told in August Iran’s Nuclear Program "May Be Suspended"

Faiz Shakir, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. December 6, 2007.
Faiz Shakir: Bush now says he continued to warn of "World War III" and a "nuclear holocaust" because nobody told him to stop.

Joe Scarborough Rips Bush on Iran NIE: He’s Either "Lying" or "Stupid" [VIDEO]

Ali Frick, Think Progress AlterNet: Video. December 5, 2007.
On the same program conservatives Scarborough and Pat Buchanan called for congressional subpoenas of Bush's advisors, including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, to determine when they knew about the latest NIE report.

It Turns Out Ahmadinejad Was the Truthful One

It Turns Out Ahmadinejad Was the Truthful One

Robert Scheer, Truthdig. December 5, 2007.
Bush is either a liar or out to lunch on the most important issue he faces.

Seymour Hersh: Bush Told Olmert of NIE Two Days Before He Was Allegedly First Briefed on It [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. December 4, 2007.
The New Yorker journalist's revelation provides evidence that the Bush administration is misleading about when it first learned that Iran had halted its nuclear weapons program.

Iran Has No Nukes, Bush White House Proves Yet Again It Has No Credibility [VIDEO]

Iran Has No Nukes, Bush White House Proves Yet Again It Has No Credibility [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. December 4, 2007.
"This [NIE] document essentially brands the word liar or fool on everybody who has asserted that Iran is seeking nuclear weapons."

Iran Halted Nuclear Weapons Program in '03, Unlikely to Develop a Weapon This Decade

Iran Halted Nuclear Weapons Program in '03, Unlikely to Develop a Weapon This Decade

Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. December 3, 2007.
Amanda Terkel: This National Intelligence Estimate was reportedly completed a year ago but was blocked by the White House.

Iran Didn't Spark a Middle East Nuclear Arms Race, It's Joining the One Israel Started

Iran Didn't Spark a Middle East Nuclear Arms Race, It's Joining the One Israel Started

George Monbiot, Comment Is Free. December 1, 2007.
When will the US and the UK tell the truth about Israel's nuclear weapons?

No Nukes For You!

No Nukes For You!

Will Durst, AlterNet. November 20, 2007.
Whether or not Bush gives a country nukes boils down to this: its not enough for them to be like us, they also have to actually like us.

America's Shocking Nuclear Hypocrisy

America's Shocking Nuclear Hypocrisy

Tad Daley, AlterNet. November 9, 2007.
America's standard for saying which countries can go nuclear is simple: Countries we like can. Countries we dislike can't.

Nuclear Power Pakistan: Musharraf Suspends Constitution; Violence Erupts

Nuclear Power Pakistan: Musharraf Suspends Constitution; Violence Erupts

Pam Spaulding, Pam's House Blend AlterNet: PEEK. November 5, 2007.
Pam Spaulding: Hmmmm...Iran, no nukes, Pakistan, nukes and chaos. What do you think Bush will do about this "situation"?