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Ambassador to Give ‘Zero Nuclear Weapons’ Talk
Ambassador Max Kampelman, chief arms control negotiator for President Ronald Reagan with the Soviet Union, will give the ninth annual Frank K. Kelly Lecture on Humanity’s Future at 7 p.m. Thursday.
The lecture, sponsored by the Nuclear Peace Age Foundation and titled “Zero Nuclear Weapons for a Sane and Sustainable World,” will take place at the Fé Bland Forum at SBCC, 721 Cliff Drive.
The public is welcome, and admission is free.
A lawyer, diplomat and educator, Kampelman helped pursue Reagan’s goal of eliminating all nuclear weapons in his role as ambassador and head of the U.S. delegation to the negotiations with the Soviet Union on nuclear and space arms in Geneva.
He is one of very few people to be officially honored by two presidents. He received the Presidential Citizens Medal from Reagan in 1989 and the Freedom Medal from President Bill Clinton in 1999. More recently, he has worked with Henry Kissinger, George Shultz, William Perry and Sam Nunn in their efforts to promote a world free of nuclear weapons.
“You can be an idealist and a realist at the same time,” Kampelman has written. “American foreign policy [needs] ... to find a way to move from what “is” — a world with a risk of increasing global disaster — to what “ought” to be, a peaceful, civilized world free of weapons of mass destruction.”
David Krieger, president of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, said Kampelman has been a leader in the nuclear disarmament movement for decades.
“Max worked closely with President Reagan, and the two of them had the same goal — a world with zero nuclear weapons,” he said. “He’s still working towards that goal.”
Lou Cannon, distinguished journalist and the author of five books on Reagan, will introduce Kampelman.
For more information, click here or call 805.965.3443.
— Steven Crandell is the director of development and public affairs for the Nuclear Peace Age Foundation.
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» on 02.24.10 @ 04:41 PM
Ridding the world of nukes is a laudable goal for sure. The problem is that ideals and reality often don’t mix and not having a clear way of dealing with reality can be as, if not more, dangerous than the thing you are dealing with. Case in point, you can’t get any other country to rid themselves of nukes so you just concentrate on your own country. You succeed and disarm your own country only to find yourself getting nuked by the other guys. I would rather approach this from the “big stick” mentality of we have em, we’ve used em, and if you don’t get rid of yours we’ll use em on you. Better we be the big AH on the block than to be all pacifist and everything and get the crap blown out you. That may not be an idealistic approach, but out here in the “real’ world that method works everytime.
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» on 02.25.10 @ 10:48 AM
@AN50 This article is not talking about unilateral nuclear disarmament. You’re inventing a position that nobody is taking to make your own position seem reasonable. Kampelman knows from his former dealings with the Soviets that any decision to abolish nuclear weapons must be made in conjunction with other nuclear weapon states and include transparent, verifiable, irreversible measures.
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» on 02.25.10 @ 11:19 AM
Of course Rick. Sorry I gave you that impression. My comment was more of a caution. Believe me I know what passion for a cause can do to your reason and rational. Just don’t want these folks to fall into that trap. Sounds like you already know they won’t, I’m just not that sure and it’s those other states that give me doubt.
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