It has been seventy years since the only use of nuclear weapons in the world.
That is a long time. That is just shy of the life span of an Average American.
October 9, 2014
By Larry Copeland
...Good news, America: We're living longer! (click here)
Life expectancy in the USA rose in 2012 to 78.8 years – a record high.
That was an increase of 0.1 year from 2011 when it was 78.7 years, according to a new report on mortality in the USA from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.
The news is a little better for women, a little worse for men. Life expectancy for females is 81.2 years; for males, it's 76.4 years. That difference of 4.8 years is the same as in 2011....
Why? Why are we still in that paradigm?
...The Treaty (click here) represents the only binding commitment in a multilateral treaty to the goal of disarmament by the nuclear-weapon States. Opened for signature in 1968, the Treaty entered into force in 1970. On 11 May 1995, the Treaty was extended indefinitely. A total of 190 parties have joined the Treaty, including the five nuclear-weapon States. More countries have ratified the NPT than any other arms limitation and disarmament agreement, a testament to the Treaty's significance....
The first and only use of nuclear capacity was in 1945 and it ended a world war. Then in 1968 the global community paused to state the weapons were far to deadly to continue their use and manufacture across the globe. Twenty-five years had passed since the first nuclear weapon was deployed and the Non-Proliferation Treaty was written and ratified.
It would take another twenty-seven years to make the Non-Proliferation Treaty permanent. That was 1995. President Bill Clinton was in his first term of office.
That is a long time. That is just shy of the life span of an Average American.
October 9, 2014
By Larry Copeland
...Good news, America: We're living longer! (click here)
Life expectancy in the USA rose in 2012 to 78.8 years – a record high.
That was an increase of 0.1 year from 2011 when it was 78.7 years, according to a new report on mortality in the USA from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.
The news is a little better for women, a little worse for men. Life expectancy for females is 81.2 years; for males, it's 76.4 years. That difference of 4.8 years is the same as in 2011....
Why? Why are we still in that paradigm?
...The Treaty (click here) represents the only binding commitment in a multilateral treaty to the goal of disarmament by the nuclear-weapon States. Opened for signature in 1968, the Treaty entered into force in 1970. On 11 May 1995, the Treaty was extended indefinitely. A total of 190 parties have joined the Treaty, including the five nuclear-weapon States. More countries have ratified the NPT than any other arms limitation and disarmament agreement, a testament to the Treaty's significance....
The first and only use of nuclear capacity was in 1945 and it ended a world war. Then in 1968 the global community paused to state the weapons were far to deadly to continue their use and manufacture across the globe. Twenty-five years had passed since the first nuclear weapon was deployed and the Non-Proliferation Treaty was written and ratified.
It would take another twenty-seven years to make the Non-Proliferation Treaty permanent. That was 1995. President Bill Clinton was in his first term of office.
