https://vimeo.com/433236512 U.S. nuclear war strategy is driven by an arms industry that's willing to risk the end of life on earth to maximize return on their investment. The manufacturers of nuclear weapons profit from a dangerous new nuclear arms race. Paul Jay is the guest on "Law and Disorder" hosted by Michael Smith. Transcript MichaelThe chance for nuclear war, which would destroy all human life on earth, has never been higher.Just last week, President Donald Trump withdrew America from the Open Skies Treaty. Thetreaty is an agreement between 34 nations that allows each country to fly over each other'sterritories. The treaty is designed to provide transparency and mutual observation of militarydevelopments. He also withdrew from the intermediary ballistic missile treaty with Russia as aconsequence. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists has pushed the hands of its Doomsday Clock onits magazine cover forward to almost midnight.Shortly after taking office, Trump pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal. Trump enjoys the financialand political backing of big businesses the banks, the hedge funds, and the military-industrialcomplex. These moneyed interests profit greatly from nuclear rearmament, which is now goingon. First under Obama and then Trump, one trillion dollars is planned to be spent over the next30 years for a new generation of nuclear weapons, including low yield ones which are likely tobe used.A whistleblowing truth-teller, Daniel Ellsberg, has recently written the grimly important book,The Doomsday Machine. He believes that so far avoidance of a nuclear war has been miraculousand that the danger is as present today as it was during the Cold War. He thinks seeking profit, inspite of the risk of nuclear winter, is institutional madness. We're joined today by Paul Jay. Thefounder and editor of the Analysis.News. He's a journalist, filmmaker, and the founder of TheReal News. He's currently working with Daniel Ellsberg on a documentary series based onEllsberg's book, The Doomsday Machine–Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner. We will discusswith him the kind of movement that's needed to reverse the nuclear arms race, as well as theDemocratic Organization of the Society. Paul Jay, welcome back to Law and Disorder. Paul JayThank you, Michael. Thanks for inviting me. MichaelPaul, let's talk about the nuclear threat and how we could force them to stop gambling with ourlives. Do you think a nuclear war, accidentally or otherwise, is likely? Paul Jay The people I have interviewed, from Daniel Ellsberg to Larry Wilkerson, who used to be ColinPowell's chief of staff; I've seen interviews with the former diplomats, military people. They allthink that nuclear war is not likely. They think it is assured. It's not that there's a chance, theythink, of nuclear war. They think there is 100 % certainty that if things continue as they are atsome point sooner, it could be today or tomorrow or later, it could be some years from now, therewill be, at the very least, accidental nuclear war. The safeguards simply aren't safe enough, andthat this new investment, the new nuclear arms race that has started under Obama, but it's alsohappening under Putin, driven by the military-industrial complexes of Russia and the UnitedStates, although the Americans are certainly more the instigators. But these whole new whack ofnuclear weapons are coming online and the old ones that still exist and in deteriorating situationsthat are not safe, the possibility of accidental nuclear war is not possible, it is certain. They thinkthe possibility of some kind of terrorist attack using dirty bombs could be mistaken for an attackby a major power. And if the dirty bomb went off in New York, as someone would have put asmall nuclear bomb in a container ship and it...
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