Tuesday, May 22, 2012

United States and Russia: Nuclear War?

In today's meeting, each country presented their resolutions to one and other as we are moving forward to settling on an agreement.  It became clear as to which countries are serious about putting a stop to the violence.  Russia talked about their deal with the following countries: United States, France, Pakistan, United Kingdom, and China.  They feel that the root of the problem has to do with the president of Syria, Bashar Al-Assad.  The countries will use all their power in getting him to step down.  Russia expressed their want for Assad to seek asylum in Tunisa.  Although this would spare Assad, it would also save thousands of people with him no longer in power.  As the meeting moved forward, Russia brought up one of their main concerns.  This anxiety has to do with the United States and their placement of the missile defense system in Poland.  Vladimir Putin simply states his feeling about the arrangement, "it simply makes me and my people uncomfortable".  He will go to all extremes if the weapons are not removed immediately.  By saying extremes, this means a nuclear war.  He will not hesitant for a second to keep his people safe, if the United States does not abide in taking out the missile defense system from Eastern Europe.  In return, Russia has agreed to reduce their weapon supply to Iran by 55% and in addition, will support the plan of having the United Nations look at nuclear facilities.  He urges that in no way does he like to be a threat, but will do anything to protect his people.  When asked why the countries are on the brink of a nuclear war, it was said that the United States has only removed the most recent defense system from France and Romania.  There are still others out there that could potentially cause harm and violence to the people.  At first this seemed to put all on edge, but because they were overly thrilled about a resolution, the possibility of a nuclear war ended up basically being denied by each of the countries.
-CNN

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