U.S. policies push nuclear arms race
Re “Bush, Merkel United on Iran,” Jan. 14
It should not be any surprise that North Korea and Iran want to arm themselves with nuclear weapons since President Bush named Iraq, North Korea and Iran the “axis of evil” and then proceeded to invade Iraq.
Should we not expect them to protect their countries when we have stockpiles of nuclear weapons and we are the only country in the world to have used them? Does it occur to Bush that we should offer to divest ourselves of nuclear weapons if these countries do likewise?
The policies of our government are leading to a world armed for a conflict that will be the destruction of our world as we know it.
DEANNA R. BAUMGARDNER
Sherman Oaks
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The so-called threat to the world if Iran develops nuclear weapons is as phony as the threat of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. With so many countries having stockpiles of atomic weapons, it is ridiculous to feel threatened by Iran. Let us not be fooled again by this administration.
GABRIELLA KOLIAS
Placentia
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