Nuclear Diplomacy - Two Bad Analyses

So, Russia and the USA have agreed to reduce the number of nuclear arms each has. The cold war has been over for how long? And finally each country has agreed to reduce numbers of weapons of ‘considerable’ destruction to a mere 1,700 each. Having none was enough for Iraq to invite invasion. If Sadaam had held an unelected position and controlled a puppet to run the country from a seemingly legitimate position, would have an invasion still have been on the cards? Also agreed was a safe passage of US army equipment to be flown through Russia to Afghanistan. I had forgotten that troops were still there. Is it wrong for a country to cooperate with a country with a dubious legitimate electoral and human rights record to impose a government on another country while all the while promoting power to the people? Sweet talk and tanned skin is all it takes to seemingly wash the imperial nature out of a nation.

The USA and Russia are back on speaking terms after a tense 8 years. President Obama has miraculously managed to reduce the number of nuclear arms on each side down. The move is hopefully a sign of good faith on both sides to drop the aggressive approaches taken in the past. The agreement also included free passage of equipment to fight the war on terror in Afghanistan through Russia. The previous route through Pakistan was often subject to attacks from militants and this agreement will aid the progression to an elected and stable government of Afghanistan. The break from the mould set by the Bush administration is allowing the USA to be taken seriously in its attempt to prove it isn’t just self-serving and hopes to extend to hands of diplomacy even further towards China and N. Korea are becoming ever more realistic.