“The pirates are serving a purpose right now. They come from regions which have been completely ignored, and Westerners have tried to destroy these regions by their constant plundering of resources and by the illegal dumping of nuclear waste. The pirates really began in order to discourage these actions - initially. And then the business became lucrative.” Has BeensActionPurposeOrderRight NowWasteResourcesConstantNuclearRegionsIllegalServingIgnoredDiscouragingPirateWesternersNuclear Waste Author:K'naan
“We have missiles - nuclear missiles - on hair-trigger alert. We should be in the business of nuclear disarmament right now, which neither of these candidates [Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton] are talking about.” ShouldTalkingHairTrumpRight NowClintonNuclearCandidatesTriggersMissilesDisarmamentNuclear DisarmamentNuclear Missiles Author:Jill Stein
“Right now we have a $600-billion or so Defense Department budget, but when you add in, for example, a trillion-dollar nuclear weapons program over the next decade or two, it adds significantly to it. So it's somewhere around $600 billion. We call for approximately cutting that in half and instead putting those dollars into true security here at home.” TwoHomeNextHalfCuttingSecurityExampleRight NowWeaponsProgramDollarsAddDefenseDecadesNuclearBillionsBudgetsDepartmentNuclear Weapons Author:Jill Stein
“In the meantime, we have just incredible economic disparities and economic despair in this country and an entire generation that is basically held hostage in debt without the jobs to get out of it. And this is not a world that's working for us, and the climate is going up in flames right now, and the wars are expanding, and we've got 2,000 nuclear weapons on hair-trigger alert. This is not a good picture, and I think the American people are discovering that.” PeopleThinkingWorldWarCountryJobsGenerationsEconomicHairRight NowDespairWeaponsClimateIncrediblesDebtNuclearFlamesDiscoveringNuclear WeaponsExpandingTriggersHostageDisparity Author:Jill Stein
“We have two thousand nuclear weapons on the trigger alert right now and Hillary Clinton wants to start an air war with Russia, a nuclear-armed power, over Syria as the means of addressing ISIS and the crisis in Syria.” WantMeanTwoWarAirRight NowThousandWeaponsCrisisClintonNuclearRussiaNuclear WeaponsSyriaTriggersIsis Author:Jill Stein
“The issue has two dimensions. One is the legal dimension and the other one is the issue at the realpolitik. [In the] legal realm, we believe in equal rights for all people in all nations. If Israel, the United States, Russia, Pakistan, other countries, China, have the right to have a nuclear program and nuclear bomb, Iran, too, must have that same right. Now, at the realm of realpolitik, because there is a global consensus against Iran, and because there are all manner of dangers facing Iran, I am opposed to this program.” PeopleIfsBelieveTwoCountryStatesNationsUnitedUnited StatesIssuesRightsDangerRight NowEqualProgramIsraelChinaNuclearRussiaRealmsBombsDimensionsIranOther CountriesPakistanConsensusEqual RightsNuclear BombRealpolitik Author:Akbar Ganji
“You have to negotiate from positions of strength. And right now with Iran, we're not negotiating from a position of strength. The Europeans are negotiating from the position of "Please give up your nuclear weapons program, and by the way if you do we'll give you several boatloads of carrots." The Iranians are quite willing to keep on negotiating on that line for a long time.” IfsWayGivingLongLinesPositionWillingPleaseRight NowGiving UpWeaponsLong TimeProgramNuclearIranNuclear WeaponsCarrotsNegotiating Author:John Bolton
“Some of [Donald Trump] comments can be interpreted as potentially reducing the threat of nuclear war. The major threat right now is right on the Russian border. Notice, not the Mexican border, the Russian border. And it's serious. He has made various statements moving towards reducing the tensions, accommodating Russian concerns and so on.” MadeWarMovingSeriousTrumpRight NowMajorsConcernThreatVariousNuclearStatementsBordersTensionCommentMexicanReducingNuclear WarMexican Border Author:Noam Chomsky
“The animosity between India and Pakistan is deeply unfortunate and dangerous, and it's something I've long campaigned to reduce. But right now, when there's artillery being exchanged in Kashmir - which is not for from here, either - and there are 100-ish nuclear weapons on each side of the border, there's never really been a case like this where two nuclear armed countries are happily shelling each other.” LongTwoCountrySidesCasesDangerousRight NowWeaponsIndiaNuclearBordersNuclear WeaponsUnfortunatePakistanAnimosityArtilleryKashmirIndia And Pakistan Author:Mohsin Hamid
“If you want to find weapons of destruction, you can find them all over the place. Take, say, Israel. There is a very great concern right now about proliferation of nuclear weapons, as there should be. Israel has a couple of hundred nuclear weapons and also chemical and biological weapons. This stockpile is not only a threat in itself but encourages others to proliferate in reaction and in self-defense. Is anybody saying anything about this?” IfsWantShouldSelfCoupleRight NowWeaponsHundredConcernDestructionThreatIsraelDefenseNuclearReactionsChemicalsNuclear WeaponsSelf DefenseProliferationBiological Weapons Author:Noam Chomsky