Dear Friends of CCI,
We present you three videos below of Dr.Vladimir Kozin, lead expert at the Military-Political Studies Center, Moscow State Institute of International Relations, regarding weapons of mass destruction and what must be done to prevent their use on civilian populations again. He urges that in order to ensure the existence of our species on planet Earth, America and Russia must start using diplomacy and negotiations with each other and must halt rumor making and demeaning one another.
These videos were taped during our May 2017 CCI “Experts” presentations in Moscow. Unsolvable challenges with equipment at the time resulted in only one YouTube being made during the 2017 trip. Our 2018 videographer, Regis Tremblay, got the 2017 video material and created this three-part YouTube series below. They are terrific! Kudos to Regis!!!
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For some reason we Americans on the whole aren’t aware of how close we are today to war that could go nuclear in a few moments. Unfortunately there is little about it in mainstream media. In the 1970s and 80s, when tensions were as high as they are now, there was much more coverage in newspapers, magazines and on TV. We must wake up before it’s too late. Look at the history of WWI and WWII and other wars throughout the world where countries bumbled into major wars with no serious thought about outcomes. The results were millions of lives lost, cities and nations blown to bits, and new leadership that rose out of the dust.
Will it be the same with our generation? It could be …unless we begin using diplomacy, common sense and respect about how to live on the planet with other nations, specifically Russia and China.
It’s all a matter of choice: We can choose to “understand” other cultures and their needs, rather than push them to the brink; choose to respect their histories and why they are different from us, why their faiths and traditions are unlike ours; we can choose to ‘give and take’ rather than make unilateral demands; we could choose to give humanitarian help to countries rather than taking sides and giving military assistance to one side; we need to choose to respect other countries basic needs of their resources, rather than stripping their assets for our own use; choose to share the world’s resources rather than grabbing them up in order to dominate others; and we can stay out of other nations’ conflicts except as peace-keeping interventionists.
Please watch the videos below to understand how to think about and discuss these issues with your friends and representatives.
During our upcoming CCI delegation in June, we will ask Dr. Kozin to explain the new defensive weapons that Putin revealed to the world this past December. They are apparently beyond any technology that the United States now has. Putin made it clear that Russia has no plans for a “limited” nuclear war or war of any kind, but he must protect Russia with defensive weapons since NATO is now on most of Russia’s strategic borders. He states Russia will never strike first. But if Russia is struck by NATO, Russia’s nuclear weapons will be released immediately. In which case we Americans will be vaporized or left to die in a nuclear winter. Why do our U.S. leaders on both sides-of-the-aisle act as though we should risk a war with Russia???? It’s pure insanity.
Check out the information below and become part of the solution! It’s still possible.
Sharon Tennison
Center for Citizen Initiatives