So when you line up support like this from people who are generally very cautious people, including Senator Nunn, then you find you re not that far way from political consensus. But the more radical proposal would be to take off alert all nuclear weapons. It was a proposal I actually made almost ten years ago. People are beginning to accept that the Cold War really is over to the extent that it doesn t make sense anymore now to keep so many weapons ready for immediate launch. Deterrence is not a problem.
Safety is the problem.
And as that sinks in the minds of officials and others in Washington D.C., they make that mental transition from a concern for a cold-blooded Russian attack to a concern for mistaken or accidental or unauthorized Russian launch, then these proposals begin to attract more weight or political support. I think I m on the right side of this issue.