Weapons, Weapons, Who Has the Weapons?

Robert Scheer brilliantly articulates my greatest fear, the ludicrous concept of “a winnable nuclear war” (Commentary, May 13). Who will win? We couldn’t find the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Instead of finding them, which would make the U.S. the leader in ridding the world of these weapons, we are accelerating our own nuclear program, encouraging other nations to follow suit and making this world a much more dangerous place.

As a young mother, I opposed the war in Vietnam and supported efforts to stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Now, as a grandmother, once again I oppose the path taken by my own country, the only nation in history to unleash weapons of mass destruction on civilian populations. Why is the strongest, most powerful nation, ever, leading us down this dangerous path? I have seen the enemy and it is US.

Marlene Share

Sherman Oaks

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The Bush administration brought down the government of Iraq through force, due to suspected weapons of mass destruction. None have been found. Now the Bush administration wants to lift the 10-year ban on nuclear weapons research to develop yet more powerful weapons of mass destruction, including one at least six times the power of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Columnist Steve Lopez reports that the U.S. spends six times more on our military than the next big spender, Russia (May 9). When is enough enough, George WMD Bush?

Margaret Baker Davis

La Verne

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I have only one question about the “new era of nuclear arms.” Where is the American public’s groundswell of outrage?

Ellen Reich

Malibu