Ki-Moon Pros And Cons

“A world free of nuclear weapons is a global public good of the highest order” (Ki-Moon). Ban Ki-Moon is the United Nations Secretary-General. Ki-Moon was born in South Korea, in the past, wars tore through South Korea and had received threats of nuclear destruction. Because of these tragic events, Ki-Moon feels very strongly that nuclear weapons are the world’s greatest threat (Ki-Moon). Ki-Moon was not the only to think this way. After World War l, the American people also started to see how destructive the weapons were. Senator William Borah proposed disarmament in 1920. The proposition became popular very quickly throughout the United States (Brookhiser). Although the idea of disarmament had caught on, the United States’s nuclear stockpile
To illustrate the issue, next year the NNSA is seeking one point three billion dollars to work on six different types of nuclear weapons. Not to mention that the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the United States will use around three hundred and fifty-five billion dollars on their nuclear arsenal (Feinstein). “Furthermore, our nuclear stockpile is competing for limited defense spending, money that could be used to address more pressing challenges such as the fight against the Islamic State and defending against cyber attacks” (Feinstein). As Feinstein says, nuclear weapons are an unnecessary burden on the nation's wallet. Therefore, they need to start the process of disarmament to make room for a better solution. Another key thing to remember is that the United States is already well over 18 trillion dollars in debt and
Just recently, politicians in the United States praised the treaty with Iran, but the public found many issues with it. Such as, the twenty-four-hour warning on when they are to make "surprise visits" to the Iranian nuclear facilities (Brookhiser). Furthering the American and Iranian tension, Iran's greatest leaders are now struggling to approach how they are going to make a peace treaty with their great enemy. "We have announced that we will not negotiate with the Americans on any issue other than the nuclear case," Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader said, "prepare for the continuation of the fight against America” (Erdbrink). Iran announces that it will only make deals with the United States on nuclear weapons in the hope of it leading to a friendlier relationship between Iran and other countries