RT Journal
A1 Lown B
T1 ABolishing nuclear weapons—reply
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 1999
FD January 6
VO 281
IS 1
SP 36
OP 37
DO 10-1001/pubs.JAMA-ISSN-0098-7484-281-1-jbk0106
UL http://dx.doi.org/10-1001/pubs.JAMA-ISSN-0098-7484-281-1-jbk0106
AB 
Dr Fouts is completely on target. The nidus of the pathology is among
the permanent members of the UN Security Council and especially in
Washington, DC, which has initiated and been a key player in shaping
the atomic age. The concept of nonproliferation was flawed from the
outset. The superpowers retained the right to keep testing and
modernizing weapons notwithstanding their huge arsenals and their
qualitative and quantitative dominance. At the same time, the
nonweapons states were expected permanently to forswear any intent of
acquiring nuclear military capabilities. Such a double standard could
not be permanently enforced. The options were 2: either eradicate the
malignant virus, nuclearism, or witness its spread. The events in South
Asia confirm the bankruptcy of nuclear apartheid policies.