DiploStrat
Expedition Leader
The least bit of research will show that:
-- This was a U.S. proposal TO the United Nations, not vice versa, during the Kennedy administration. It is worth noting that the U.S. and the USSR would retain armed forces of "only" 2 million troops, each. Read the full text here: http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/arms/freedom_war.html
-- The context is missing as there was no way that that USSR would ever agree to any of this.
-- Nothing in this proposal has anything to do with internal peacekeeping, only international conflict.
Much of what is in this document has been accomplished through the START and test ban treaties. Ironically, this proposal, if adopted would have addressed two of today's hot ticket items - nuclear weapons held by Pakistan and India and Iran's development of nuclear weapons.
The current small arms discussions cover INTERNATIONAL trade in small arms, not domestic holdings. Again, there is little chance of these treaties being adopted as Russian and China make too much money selling small arms.
People, don't be mislead by fear mongers. Do some homework and get back to traveling!
-- This was a U.S. proposal TO the United Nations, not vice versa, during the Kennedy administration. It is worth noting that the U.S. and the USSR would retain armed forces of "only" 2 million troops, each. Read the full text here: http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/arms/freedom_war.html
-- The context is missing as there was no way that that USSR would ever agree to any of this.
-- Nothing in this proposal has anything to do with internal peacekeeping, only international conflict.
Much of what is in this document has been accomplished through the START and test ban treaties. Ironically, this proposal, if adopted would have addressed two of today's hot ticket items - nuclear weapons held by Pakistan and India and Iran's development of nuclear weapons.
The current small arms discussions cover INTERNATIONAL trade in small arms, not domestic holdings. Again, there is little chance of these treaties being adopted as Russian and China make too much money selling small arms.
People, don't be mislead by fear mongers. Do some homework and get back to traveling!