In Yahoo News interview, Queen Noor presses U.S. to reduce nuclear stockpile

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Source: Yahoo News

Insisting "every nuclear weapon is a catastrophe waiting to happen," Queen Noor of Jordan told Yahoo News on Tuesday that President Barack Obama must make good on a pledge he made in Prague in April 2009 to reduce the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile. The queen said it was incumbent on the United States to work in concert with Russia to reduce both countries' nuclear arsenals in a process that could then coax other nuclear states to begin to disarm as well.

"If we do not seize this moment it may be impossible to rein in the proliferation of nuclear weapons around the world," Queen Noor said in an exclusive interview.

Queen Noor is the widow of King Hussein, who ruled Jordan from 1952 until his death in 1999, and the leader of Global Zero, an international organization working to eradicate nuclear weapons around the world.

In the interview, the queen acknowledged that the nuclear ambitions of rogue states like North Korea and Iran complicated Global Zero's mission. But she said she was "profoundly concerned" at the prospect of the U.S. taking military action to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

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(6 minute video interview with the story)

[AAO]

1. No one would have questioned our nuclear security 10 years ago.

I believe that all nuclear nations should reduce their arms together in an agreement. We cannot do it alone. Yes, Putin, I'm looking at you!

[Comrade Grumpy]

2. Maybe we should impose sanctions on ourselves.

[John2]

3. I agree with

her. We opened that Pandora's box and should hold every country accountable. Every country has the right to self defense when threatened. Wars are started over silly disputes. It is either over this planet's resources or religion. The biggest threat to this planet is Gobal Warming and the change in our Solar System. One is immediate and one is years away. We want be here but it will happen essentially to all life on Earth, if you believe in science. The nuclear threats only speeds up the process. Just nit picking on which states can acquire nuclear weapons doesn't solve the over all threat to life on Earth. The United Nation's mission should be to eliminate all nuclear weapons.

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

4. We have already agreed to reduce our nuclear weapons.

But apparently don't have the will to do so.
Here's a little information on the subject.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_disarmament

All nuclear weapons should be destroyed, or at some future point they will be used.