Words Of No Power.

Treść źródłowa

These essays will always be free, but you can continue to support my work by liking and commenting, and most of all by passing the essays on to others, and passing the links to other sites that you frequent. If you would like to take out a paid subscription I won’t stand in your way, (I’d be very honoured in fact) but I can’t promise you anything in return except a warm feeling of virtue. A special thank-you to those who have taken out paid subscriptions recently.I have also set up a Buy Me A Coffee page, which you can find here.☕️ Thanks to all of those who have recently contributed.And as always, thanks to others who tirelessly supply translation in their languages. Maria José Tormo is posting Spanish translations on her site here, and Marco Zeloni is also posting Italian translations on a site here, and Italia e il Mondo is posting them here. I am always grateful to those who post occasional translations and summaries into other languages just as long as you credit the original and let me know. And now:**************************************I have seen several worried articles recently, suggesting that because the current New START nuclear weapons treaty between Russia and the United States expires in a couple of weeks time, and is unlikely to be renewed, then the world is entering a dangerous new era.The assumption seems to be that the lapsing of the Treaty will somehow release pent-up forces for nuclear escalation which have only been held in check so far by words on paper, and that, almost automatically, nuclear stockpiles will start to increase again. Put like that, p…