ElBaradei is El Loco

So Mohamed ElBaradei is proposing that the US "set an example" by unilaterally disarming our nuclear force. And what "example" exactly are we trying to set?

Unilateral disarmament is just about the nuttiest idea that's floating around out there. No missile defense and no nukes. Are we trying to bait the next Hitler or what?

ElBaradei does bring up one good point: "...there are no good or bad nuclear weapons." That's true. Just like there are no good or bad guns. It is the person in possession of the weapon that determines its use.

Which makes me wonder why someone would want the US to unilaterally disarm. The nuclear Pandora's Box has been opened. There is no going back. Someone will always have nuclear weapons. Who would you rather have have them? The US or some third rate third world dictator/warlord?

Do you really think that Saddam wouldn't have used the Bomb if he had it? How about the theothugs in Iran? What if Somalia had been a nuclear civil war? Or Liberia? The list of potential possessors of the Bomb can go on and on and on.

And right now, the US has really only one effective deterrent against nuclear attack: our own nuke forces. We are, in most cases, no longer subject to the old rules of MAD (Russia being a notable exception - if their bombs still work they could still turn us into a giant radioactive ant pile as we do the same to them). But they certainly do apply to our would-be nuclear foes. They go to bed every night resting assured that if they try to go nuclear on us, they might kill a few million of us, but there will be nothing left in their country. Disarm and what is there to hold them back?

Once the missile shield is built, tested, and in place, then maybe we can talk about altruistic disarmament.

Until then, ElBaradei needs to go back to playing the role of nuclear proliferation fire brigade. After all, that is supposed to be his job.