Step Two: Nuclear Ban Enforcement

Posted Thursday, November 26, 2009, at 10:58 AM

In 1968, 138 countries agreed to nuclear non-proliferation. If a United Nations mandate is in place, it would require a commitment of only 500 troops by each of these countries to create a truly multinational U.N. force of nearly 70,000 troops to be made responsible for enforcing non-posssession. Logistics would be challenging but not impossible if the urgency of their mission was apparent and well defined. If trained as both soldiers and inspectors and backed by the regular forces of powers such as the United States, Russia, China and Great Britain, no country could stand in the way of their mission.

Cost of the force would be $31.5 billion, based on the current expense of $450,000 for each fully-equipped service person in Iraq. Even if the United States paid all costs the total is well below what we spend now on our nuclear arsenal.

When the day dawns on a nuclear-free world, this force would either be disbanded or what had been learned from the cooperative effort could be applied to other international issues such as enforcement of the cluster bomb ban enacted by more than 100 nations (not including China, Russia or the United States) in December of 2008--Jim Frost.

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If the UN has been unable to enforce nuclear non-proliferation or put together a truely significant multi-national force why should we expect them to be able to do so in the future.

I remember an incident in 1936 where the League of Nations directed Mussolini to not invade Ethiopia. Mussolini realizing that the League of Nations was a truely toothless organization did so anyway thereby firing one of the opening shots of WWII for Italy.

-- Posted by jonpeters on Fri, Dec 4, 2009, at 2:48 PM

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Berkley Bedell--Retirement from the U.S. Congress in 1987, neither dulled my interest in the well-being of the people of the United States nor my worries about our governance. I began work in 2006 on a book outlining the country's problems and offering solutions. Jim Frost--I share Berkley's concerns and in 2007 began the job of researching, editing and assisting with writing his book. By early 2009, after finally weathering George W. Bush and recognizing how much the past eight wasted years have set the world back, our focus changed. We had seen no meaningful progress in the efforts to stem the threat of nuclear weapons, reverse global warming, preserve natural resources, reduce military spending, fight disease and hunger, improve health care, deal with the increasing gulf between rich people and poor people, establish a workable economic system, or clean up the political process. For us, these three things became self-evident: First, the problems are global; the U.S. cannot by itself control or solve them. Second, the perfect storm of worldwide catastrophe is already upon us; what must be said cannot wait. Third, in seeking solutions, the problems must be put before as many people as possible as quickly as possible. This blog is the result. There will be much more. We invite you to participate.

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