Obama calls for reduction in nuclear weapons

While on his eight day visit to Europe, Obama said that he wants other nations to get rid of the nuclear weapons, and said that in the next four years, the U.S is committed to do this. Obama said that " they are the most dangerous legaices since the Cold War." Obama said that if some nations don't get rid of the weapons the U.S. will pose a threat, only to scare the "adversaries and reassure the allies." Obama wants this to happen; so within the next year Russia and the United States are going to negotiate a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. This speech that he gave in Czech Republic, came on the same day that North Korea lauched a long range rocket. The was condemmed by the U.S. and international officals. Obama said that this was why a reason that we need to denuclearize, and tell Iran that they have a choice on what they want to do.

I agree with Obama, I mean every country has a right to defend themselves from other countries but we don't need to do it with nuclear weapons. This is why there is a military in almost every country, the military is supposed to be the one to help protect the country and fight off threatening countries that want to invade. So why do countries like North Korea need to show off something that could be deadly to other countries? I also like that Obama is trying to set a new treaty that will hopefully help reduce the amount of nuclear weapons and with Russia. This is also a big step for Obama, he has passed so many things already in this country and is now on an international level, with nuclear weapons. I also like, in a way, that he is letting Iran choose what that country wants to do, but because they pose a threat to this and other countries around them, they should have to make some sort of treaty with countries surronding them.

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