CHICAGO — Sen. Barack Obama called for ridding the world of nuclear weapons Tuesday and offered his early opposition to the Iraq war as evidence of sound judgment that trumps his lack of Washington experience.
Obama argued that U.S. policy is still focused on the defunct Soviet Union instead of combating the nuclear threat from rogue nations and terrorists. The United States shouldn’t unilaterally disarm, the Democrat said, but it must work with other nations to phase out weapons and control atomic material.
“Here’s what I’ll say as president: ‘America seeks a world in which there are no nuclear weapons,”‘ Obama said. “The best way to keep America safe is not to threaten terrorists with nuclear weapons – it’s to keep nuclear weapons and nuclear materials away from terrorists.”
