Disarmament

Re Jiang Zemin’s June 22 perspective on nuclear arms: It’s not surprising to find China’s President Jiang Zemin reluctant to reason that disarmament is [necessary] to restrain the ferocity of bully military powers like China and Iraq and to contain their capabilities to cause wanton mass destruction.

Jiang’s suggestion to strengthen the disarmament bodies of the United Nations is nothing but self-serving. The Kosovo experience has taught us that we need more organizations like NATO in the regions of the Pacific and Africa. Congress should have voted to scale down the U.S. contribution to much less than 20% to the U.N., where the veto power in the Security Council enjoyed by China and Russia has rendered it impotent to keep the world peace and order.

EDWARD CHANG

Tustin